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Program 1, Blast and Shock; Projects l.la, 1.1lb, 1.1,
l.ld l.2a, 1.2b, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
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Program 2, Nuclear Radiation and Fallout; Projects 2]1,
2.2, 2.3, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6a, 2.6b
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Program 6, System Effects; Projects 6.1, 6.2a, 6.2b,
6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Program 7, Electromagnetics; Projects 7.1, 7.2, 7.4
Program 9, Cloud Photography; Project 9.1.
The instrument station locations on the islands of the atol]
1 Figure 71.
:3r 3.
are 72.
are shown
Details of the experimental projects can be found
in Chap-
The locations of the TG 7.3 ships at burst time are sho
in Fig-
Aircraft participation is given in Table 29; the positipbns of
some of these aircraft at burst time are presented in Table 30.
“ne Teast
The late checks of the weather/radsafe conditions indicated
more
Savorable shot-time wind pattern than forecast (i.e., deeper soukherlies
in the levels between the trades and 55,000 feet [16.8 km]).
detonated at 0630 with a yield of 11 MT.
nel and ships had no adverse incidents.
R
The embarked task for
person-
Postshot advisories werbf
issued
before H+30 minutes on 27 March 1954 to the Chairman, AEC; Army
Staff; and CINCPAC indicating time of detonation and confirming
safety.
The detonation produced a cloud whose upper limit reach
titude of about 123,000 feet (37.5 km)
(Figure 73).
The lowest
(surface to 6,000 feet [1.8 km]) of the stem moved to the southwest at a
speed of approximately 11.5 mi/hr
(18.5 km/hr).
The next higher
20,000 feet [6.1 km]) moved to the west-northwest at about 13.7
km/hr).
The upper levels and the stem moved out to the north.
the PPG, all levels probably moved out to the east except the lo
els, which continued in a westerly direction.
CONTAMINATION.
0903
(H+2:33)
‘The first contact with cloud radiation was r
by Wilson 3, flying at 5,000 feet (1.52 km)
of the racetrack pattern.
The next report at 0933 at the north
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at thefsouth end
dnd of the