III PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED enter &@ small segment extending from the stem, This was approximately an hour and 0 minutes after detonation, and his wing man turned and flew toward the cloud stem for about 15 minutes before . they made contact. The cloud was apparently go massive that, although the B-36 control aircraft appeared very close, it was actually about 100 miles from the cloud. was in for a busy time, When he reached the cloud, — First, the sampler pilots had to fly the F-8 on instruments . Then there were three radiatio instruments to read, remembering critical information to be entered m the report sheet and at the same time read off to Dr, Plank in the control aircraft, Also, each sampler pilot carried a stop watch to time his stay in radiation over one roentgen in intensity. was impressed with the color, the cockpit. Inside the cloud ” It cast a dull red glow over His radiac instruments all "hit the peg.* The hand on the integron, which showed the rate at which radioactivity was being accumlated ", , . went around like the sweep second hand on a watch « « » and I had thought it would barely move!" reported, With "everything on the peg” and the red glow like the inside of a red hot furnace, cloud, ‘made a 90-degree turn and left the He had spent about five minutes in radiation over one roentgen intensity, He reported to Dr. Plank, collected his wing men, and headed for the B-29 control aircraft for refueling, then returned to Kwajalein, 71 SWEH-2-003L qo