YELLCWWOOD EVENT
OPERATION HARDTACK
1.
The YELLOWNOOD device wes detonated at 1400M, 26 May 1958, ata
position 5,000 feet southwest of Janet Island, Eniwetok Atoll.
radar teports were unreliable.
Initial
Pilot reports from sampler aircraft esti-
mated the clo:d height at 50,000 feat, cloud base at 30,000 feet, with
initial direction true bearing 250 degrees at 20 to 25 knots.
2.
The P2V"g cleared into the area at 1430M,
One PoV was vectored
over the northeast islands to determine whether or not the sampling roskets
had teen fired.
The second P2V was vectored between Yvonne and Leroy,
As
the cloud moved west-southwest of the lagoon, ons P2V was used to sumray the
northern section of the lagcon.
was declared at 1530M,
The area was garerally clear, and resntry
The activities of the office were greatly hampered
by slow comminications with the tracking aircraft through Manhunt.
3.
The survey helicepter tcok off at i604M,
was made at Alice:
200 r.
The highest reading
Other readings along the northern chain areraged
from 4 mr/hr to 10 nr/hr.
4.
The fallcut had been predicted to fall along a bearing of 260
degrees for 200 miles; however,
the
astual fallout pattern extended to only150 milas.
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