CIL-10763
Received Fed 21, 1955
Giuliana
PRIORITY
FROM JAMES REEVES TEST MGR CONTL TEST OPNS USAEC MERCURY NEVADA
TO ZEN/USAEC DIVISION OF MIL APPL WASHDC/ATIN BRIG GEN K E FIELDS/
INFO ZEN/USAEC SANTA FE OPNS ALBUQ NMEX/ATIN D J LEEHEY/
ZEN/LOS”ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB LOS ALAMOS NMEX/ATIN DR N E BRADBURY/
DIR UCRL LIVERMORE CALIF/ATIN DR HERBERT YORK/
ZEN/CHIEF ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT WASHDC
ZEN/USAEC SAN FRAN OPNS OFF OAKLAND CALIF/ATIN H A FIDLER/
ZEN/CG FC ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT SANDIA BASE NMEX
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DETONATED AT ELEVEN CLN FIVE NINE CLN FIVE NINE
OINT TWO PST IN TEST AREA SEVEN FOUR FD DEVICE DROPPED FROM BAKER
THIRTY SIX AIRCRAFT FLYING AT TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FEET MSL
PD BURST HEIGHT SET AT EIGHT HUNDRED FEET ABOVE TARGET PD NOT YET
VERIFIED BUT ACTUAL BURST APPROXIMATELY THIS POSITION PD ESTIMATED
TIME OF FALL THREE ONE POINT FOUR SIX SECONDS PD ACTUAL TIME
THREE ONE POINT SIX NINE SECONDS PD PLANNED DROP TIME ZERO SEVEN THREE
ZERO PST BUT FIRE WHICH OCCURRED IN DROP AIRCRAFT ENGINE JUST PRIOR
TO TAKEOFF REQUIRED TRANSFER OF DEVICE TO STANDBY BAKER THIRTY SIX
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RESULTING ESTIMATED RELEASE TIME ‘ELEVEN THIRTY PST PD DURING THIS
OPERATIONAL DELAY SPOTTY CLOUD CONDITIONS DEVELOPED NECESSITATING
TWO NEGATIVE RUNS PRIOR TO DROP TIME PD DROP MADE ON THIRD PASS
OVER TARGET PD ESTIMATED YIELD ONE OR TWO KT PD TOTAL OF TWENTY
EIGHT EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS PARTICIPATED IN MILITARY EFFECTS CMM
CIVIL EFFECTS CMM AND LASL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS PD NO UCRL
PARTICIPATION PD PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE GOOD DATE OBTAINED
ON CIVIL EFFECTS AND MILITARY EFFECTS TESTS PD VERY PRELIMINARY
RESULTS OF LASL DEVELOPMENT™TESTS ALSO INDICATE SATISFACTORY
RESULTS PD DUE TO FACT THAT POSSIBILITY EXISTS TO DETONATE TURK
AT ZERO FIVE FOUR FIVE PST FEBRUARY NINETEEN NO FURTHER ANALYSIS
MADE AND ALL EFFORT DIRECTED TOWARD PREPARATION FOR TURK PARA FOR
REASONS OF SAFETY DESERT ROCK DID NOT PUT TROOPS IN TRENCHES PD
APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN HUNDRED TROOPS OBSERVED DETONATION FROM NEWS
KNOB PARA METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS CLN
A. WINDS CLN SURFACE NORTHWEST AT SIXTEEN KNOTS CLN TEN THOUSAND
FEET NORTH NORTHWEST AT THIRTY SIX KNOTS CMM TWENTY THOUSAND
FEET NORTHWEST AT NINETY TWO KNOTS PD
B. -CLOUDS CLN SEVEN TENTHS SIROTOCUMULUS AT FIVE THOUSAND FEET
LEVEL PD
C, PRECIPITATION CLN NONE
RADIOLOGICAL PATTERN CLN NO SIGNIFICANT OFFSITE FALLOUT PD HIGHEST
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READINGS FIVE POINT FIVE MILLIROENTGEN AT AZIMUTH ONE HUNDRED
SIXTH DEGREES CMM DISTANCE EIGHTY MILES FROM YUCCA FLAT AT THREE
AND ONE HALF HOURS PARA OFFSITE MICROBAROGRAPH READINGS INDICATE
NO DAMAGING EFFECTS PD REF TM/WWA
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