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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The 10th atomic test in Nevada's Yucca Flat detonated a device equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT from a 500-foot balloon at 6:30 a.m. PDT yesterday. Newsmen, barred from the site, observed the flash and double mushroom clouds from Angel's Peak 55 miles away; visible in Las Vegas.
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Newsmen Barred
From 10th Test in
Nuclear Series
ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev., (P)
-An atomic device shattered the
pre-dawn stillness of the Nevada
desert at 6:30 a.m. PDT yesterday
with the power of almost 20,000
tons of TNT.
It was
the 10th shot in the
Atomic Energy Commission's cur-
rent test series. It was detonated
from a balloon 500 feet in the air.
Yesterday's detonation was a
closed shot-newsmen were for-
bidden to enter the site of the
AEC's big Yucca Flat test center.
Newsmen
and
photographers
witnessed the test
from
Angel's
Peak, off
the site
and some 55
miles from the testing grounds.
From there reporters saw a
double mushroom cloud rise up,
swiftly following a brilliant flash.
The mushroom clouds boiled up
quickly into the sky and soon dis-
appeared in cumulus clouds over-
head.
Dust kicked up
by
the blast's
jarring
shock
wave
was
visible
from Angel's Peak, but no shock
was
felt there.
The bright flash from the blast
-reflected off the cloud layer-
was clearly visible in Las Vegas.
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Location
Nevada Desert, Yucca Flat Test Center, Angel's Peak, Las Vegas
Event Date
6:30 A.M. Pdt Yesterday
Story Details
An atomic device with the power of almost 20,000 tons of TNT was detonated from a balloon 500 feet in the air at 6:30 a.m. PDT yesterday in the Nevada desert, marking the 10th shot in the Atomic Energy Commission's current test series. It was a closed shot, barring newsmen from the site; they observed from Angel's Peak 55 miles away, witnessing a brilliant flash, double mushroom clouds, and dust from the shock wave, with the flash visible in Las Vegas.