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TAB A
HURON EVENT
OPERATION REDWING
1.
HURON was detonated on a barge in the MIKE crater at ENIWETOK
Atoll at 0616M, 22 July 1956,
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2.
The fallout prediction was based a
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the cloudattained <. height of 62,000 feet as dsterminec byradar.
3.
The wind psttern for this shot was very favoreble and perefeted
throughout the critical period of fallout,
4,
The beckground intensity at PARRY Island was 120 millirc2natgens
per hour at shot tine due to the TEWA fallout.
No additional fallout
eccurred at PARRY ard none wes recorded at any of the off-site stations.
5.
The snips remained in the laroon for this shot and declaration
of reentry hour was unnecessar..
6.
DNA
Cloud tracking by redar revealed that the majer portion of the
cloud et Hf2 hours was centered on a bearing ef 275° with the tip at a
distance of 45 miles.
‘he southern eCge was on a bearing of 255° with a
bulge to the north at 315°, 35 miles.