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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