File:1961 Yuba City accident EOD stills.jpg

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English: Stills from a declassified video of 1961 Crash Scene of a B-52 Bomber near Yuba City, California, showing Emergency Ordnance Disposal Activities.
  • At top left: Part of one of the Mark 39 nuclear bombs thrown from the aircraft upon impact, possibly the forward ballistic case or the primary sphere of the weapon whose primary broke apart.
  • At top right: The afterbody and parachute of one of the bombs.
  • At bottom left: An EOD technician adjusts and uses a Geiger counter.
  • At bottom right: An EOD technician picking up what is likely a piece of scattered high-explosive from the bomb which broke apart during the crash.
Date
Source US National Archives via a FOIA request by the website Government Attic(Government Attic). Government Attic says the NARA film number is 342.USAF.27815. Direct link to video (76.3 MB).
Author United States Air Force

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Stills from a declassified video of 1961 Crash Scene of a B-52 Bomber near Yuba City, California, showing Emergency Ordnance Disposal Activities.

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current16:41, 22 April 2024Thumbnail for version as of 16:41, 22 April 2024682 × 696 (366 KB)NuclearSecretsslightly better contrast in upper left image, can see inside case
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