STEATE TSSITY €TENESHS HEEITIL OSYRSSPP SST TEEROME TA EOE tos OPERATION REDWING: DATE: TIME: PPG time - Yuma GMT Sponsor: May 1956 25 May 1956 27 1956 O756 SITE: UCRL PPG - Eniwetok - Sally 11° 30' 162° 18! 33" N 55" Site elevation: Sea Level HEIGHT OF BURST: - 205 ft CLOUD TOP HEIGHT: 8,000 ft MSL CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT: 1,000 ft 145 TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT: Tower burst over coral soil REMARKS: Only island dose rate readings are available. Thece were talen from the aerial and ground surveys made by the Radiological Safety organization. The t71** decay approximtion was used to extrapolate the dose rate readings to H+l hour. Significant amounts of alpha (plutonium) contamination were found on the shot island. 120