ANNEX I
Notes on Operations
Aerial Crater Survey-Radsafe Party No. 1
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The C-47 with monitor took off from Eniwetok 30 minutes
following the test.
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Phase one consisted of flights over the crater at various altitudes
in order to determine the radiation intensity above the crater.
It
was flown at heights up to 5,000 feet during this survey, readings
were radioed in code to the USS MT MCKINLEY whenever the plane crossed
an active area, Phase III included a check of the islands to the
west of the test island at an altitude of 200 feet.
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Phase II, a check
of the air over the crater at 5,000 to 10,000 feet elevation, was then
begun
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A further survey was made on X-RAY-plus 1, followed by a recheck
on X-RAY-plus 6, at which time the ground monitors were also surveying
the crater.
Final analysis of these data is awaiting study of the
decay curves, but it appears that excellent results were obtained.
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