Wilson 3 was directed to search in the holding pattern from H+2 whtil released, at an altitude selected by the pilot to clear natural clo nds, but
not in excess of 5,000 feet
(1.52 km)
(Reference 16,
Tab L).
A complete command briefing was held at midnight and all pre
tors, advisories, and decisions were confirmed.
ious fac-
It was decided,
to recheck the winds at 0430 and just before shot time.
owever,
The fore
ast fall-
out plot given at this briefing is shown in Figure 70.
Hc
BIKARG
CD ENEWETAK ATOLL
eee BIKINI ATOLL
RONGERIK
C
UTIAIKES
RONGELAP
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UJELANG
QwortHo
0
L
50
I
100
{
150
|
patie
Cc
KWAJALEIN
NAUTICAL MILES
Figure 70.
LIKIgP
100
200
1
1
KILOMETERS
CASTLE, ROMEO predicted fallout pattern; conto rs
enclose the 100-, 50-, and 10-R infinite dose
(source:
Reference 16).
reas
DOD Activities
The DOD-sponsored experiments for ROMEO included 27 projects
of 76 7.1.
TU 13 projects were:
254
in TU 13