ANNOUNCED UNITED STATES NUCLEAR DETONATIONS EVENT NAME DATE (GC) LOCATION TYPE PURPOSE YIELD RANGE DES MOINES 06/13/62 NTS TUNNEL WEAPONS RELATEO LOW RINCONADA 06/15/62 CHRISTMAS ISL AREA ATROROP WEAFONS RELATED INTERMEDIATE OULCE 06/17/62 CHRISTMAS ISt AREA AITRDROP WEAPONS RELATED INTERMEDIATE PETIT 06/19/62 CHRISTMAS ISt AREA ATRODROP WEAFONS RELATED Low DAMAN I 06/21/62 NTS SHAFY WEAPONS RELATED Low OTOWI 06/22/62 CHRISTMAS ISt AREA ATROROP WEAPONS RELATED INTERMEDIATE BIGHORN 06/27/62 CHRISTHAS ISL AREA ATRDROP WEAPONS RELATED MEGATON RANGE HAYMAKER 06/27/62 NTS SHAFT WEAPONS RELATED 56KT MARSHMALLOW 000 EVENT 06/26/62 NTS TUNNEL WEAPONS RELATED LOW BLUES TONE 06/30/€2 CHRISTMAS ISL AREA ATRDROP WEAPONS RELATED LOW MEGATON SACRAMENTO 06/30/€2 NTS SHAFT WEAPONS RELATED LOW TT-¥ OPERATION STORAX SEDAN 07/86/62 NTS CRATER PL OWSHARE EXCAVATION EXPERIMENT-CRATER 12860 FT.DIAM 320 FT. 0DEEP-THERMONUCLEAR DEV. 100KT LITTLE FELLERIT 07/07/E€2 NTS SLIGHTLY ABOVE GROUNO. OOMINIC II SERIES. SURF ACE WEAPONS RELATED LOW STARFISH PRIHE 07/09/62 HIGH ALTITUDE-450 KM JOHNSTON ISt AREA ROCKET WEAPONS RELATED 1.4 MEGATONS SUNSET 07/10/62 CHRISTMAS ISt AREA ATROROP WEAPONS RELATED INTERMEDIATE PAMLICO 07/11/62 CHRISTMAS ISL AREA AITRDROP WEAPONS RELATED LOW MEGATON JOHNNY BOY 07/11/62 NTS SLIGHTLY ABOVE GROUND. OOMINIC II SERIES. SURF ACE WEAFONS RELATED 0.5 MERRIMAC SHAFT WEAPONS RELATED LOW SURFACE WEAPONS RELATED LOW LITTLE FELLER I 07/17/62 NTS SURFACE WEAPONS RELATED TROOP PARTICIPATION. SLIGHTLY ABOVE GROUND. NOMINIC IT SERIES. Low WICHITA a7/27/62 NTS SHAFT WEAPONS RELATED LOW YORK 06/24/62 NTS SHAFT WEAFONS RELATED LOW BOBAC 08/24/62 NTS SHAFT WEAPONS RELATED LOW 07/13/62 NTS SMALL BOY 07/14/62 NTS SLIGHTLY ABOVE GROUND. OOMINIC II SERIES.