YUMA EVENT
OPERATION REDWING
1.
The YUMA device was fired at O75GM, 28 May 1956,
The shot was
Si ced from a 200-foot tower on AOMOEN Island (SALLY) of ENIWETOX Atoll,
‘"h : YUMA cloud reached an estimated height of 8,000 feet, and mved to
~n2 East at approximately 10 knots,
Ze
a
The fallout forecast was based on an expected yield of=
es 200 feet.
3.
DNA
a
P2vV surveys at H+] Hour indicated very light fallout at shot
“xc int and essentially no fallout on the islands to the north and south
£ shot site.
lh.
Reentry hour was established at H+14 hours.
S.
No detectable increase in radiation background was noted at the
valsafe monitoring stations located South of the Proving Ground,
—Tiq Jif SEVER Ett
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