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Atom blast at Nevada test site blinds observers with flare
Scientists aboard a helium balloon over Yucca Flat detonated a device rated very small to half nominal yielding about 10 000 tons of TNT. Flight observers fled the control point five minutes after detonation due to fallout risk, while only light fallout reached the center. Anesthesia tested on rabbits pigs and monkeys preceded the blast.
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