and then eastward within a very short time. The lowest levels con- tinued westward and the 18,000-foot trajectory appeared to curve back towards the United States on the 28th, although the meteorological data is wncertain, Winds in the stratosphere up to the level of the top of the cloud were probably from the east, carrying most of the mushroom westward. Although almost a month elspsed between the first and second bursts of the Castle series, enough debris from the first burst was present to seriously interfere with attempts to trace the progress of the second clow) by an examination of fallout data. For example, an increase in deposited activity occurred at some stations in Central and South America on March 31 and April 1, several days before the meteorological trajectories would indicate the arrival of debris. It is not certain if this is due to the complete lack of meteorological observations in the Eastern Pacific and the winds were really stronger than assumed, or that the debris was actually from the Bravo burst. (Note: Since ali fallout data is extrapolated to 100 days after the assigned burst, values assigned to different bursts cannot be compared directly. The extrapolation factor depends : both on the day of the burst and on the day the sample was coumted. For the areas mentioned in this paragraph, values assigned to burst 2 would have to be increased by about a factor of three if the debris were assigned to burst 1). is good evidence that debris from this burst has arrived over the United States. Again, as when fresh Bravo debris was present,fallout seemed to occur irrespective of the occurrence of precipitation. ea By April 2nd and 3rd increases in activity are evident along the Gulf Coast of the United States and certainly by the kth and Sth there The progression of debris westward from the test site appears to have been more rapid than indicated by the low-level trajectories at 5,000 and 10,000 feet, at least for the first few days following the burst. Whether the arrival of debris at Yap and Koror on March 29 is a result of transport of material westward in the stratospheric easterlies or in faster-than-observed low-level trades is not certain. Again, as with Bravo debris, there wes a marked tendency for the fallout to occur in the tropical areas, with occasional incursions into the United States. 2.3 KOON Bikini &t 1820 GCT, April 6, 1954, but cloudy conditions prevented -ll e-e gaze Koon, the third burst of the series, was, by far, the least powerful device tested, with a yield of 110 KT, It was detonated at