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U.S. Touches Off
Successful High
Altitude Blast
HONOLULU (/?) - The United
States detonated a low-yield nu
clear device above the Pacific Fri
day night but only a faint light
ning-type flash filtered through
heavy clouds visible on inhabited
ocean islands.
The blast, a small one by pre
sent-day standards — less than the
equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT
— was about the same size as the
nuclear bomb that leveled Hiro
shima in 1945.
A few persons in Oahu, the main
Hawaiian island, and a handful of
j Kuai, 100 miles nearer the John
! ston Island blast site, reported see
: ing the explosion. The detonation
was obstructed by a cloud cover
that hung over most of the Pacific.
The blast had the effect of a
slight lightning flash that faded
seconds after it appeared. It was
nothing like the spectacular ther
monuclear shot of July 8 that
painted the mid-Pacific with a
rainbow of color for six minutes.
Until Friday night, the July test
was the only successful high
altitude effort in the American nu
clear program this year. Four
other shots had failed because of
troubles with Thor boosters carry
ing the nuclear warheads aloft.
Scientists at Johnston Island
used a different vehicle this time,
however, and met with instant suc
cess.
A specially-built rocket powered
by a standard Sergeant motor took
the device to an altitude of be
tween 20 and 30 miles.
The next shot, announced im
mediately after Friday’s success,
is scheduled for Tuesday night or
Wednesday morning.
The device will be lofted to a
similar altitude — between 20 and
30 miles — probably by an Army
Thor-Hercules rocket.
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