OPERATION REDWING -
DATE:
TIME:
Cherokee
PPG time
GME
P] May 1956 20 May 1956
0551
1751
Sponsor:
SITE:
LASL
PPG - Bikini - 16,000 ft NE
of Charlie
11° ko’)
06"
165° 23!
39"
Site clevation:
HEIGHT OF BURST:
ON
,
E
Sea level
4,350 4 150 ft
TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:
Air burst over water
CLOUD TOP HIGHE: 94,000 ft: MSL
CLOUD BOTTOM HIGHT: 44,000 Ft MSL
REMAIKS:
No fallout was observed on the islands.
Very light falicut was
observed North of GZ.
Gamma dose-rate readings on Charlie were ar
background levels.
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