Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo ... On July 16, the bomb was detonated, producing an intense flash of light seen by observers in bunkers 10 km away and a fireball that expanded ...

Many tourists packed "atomic box lunches" and had picnics ... Beginning at midnight, guests would drink and sing until the flash of the bomb lit up the night sky. One Bomb Every Three Weeks ...

These atomic-grade mishaps can involve ... so the crew jettisoned the plane’s Mark 4 nuclear bomb over the Pacific. The crew witnessed a flash, a bang, and a sound wave. The military claims ...

Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. dropped several atomic bombs on unsuspecting people below ... But the bomb wouldn’t re-lock and a red light began to flash in the cockpit.

First, there was a flash. “It was eerie,” she reflects ... their day again — but “of course,” she adds, “the bomb had dropped radiation on everything.” Sharp Howerton and her ...

I saw a blueish white flash all around me ... where his job was to test ignition switches for the atomic bomb “Fat Man”, which was later used on Nagasaki. Bederson, now 95, said he ...

Before the atomic bomb was dropped, my family was quite wealthy ... that my face and my upper shoulder were burning from the flash. [Toshiko Tanaka rolls up her sleeve and extends her exposed ...

We finally know the true identity of the woman behind the iconic “Miss Atomic Bomb” photo. After 25 years of investigation, the Atomic Museum said in a news release that founding museum member ...

An curved arrow pointing right. North Korea recently claimed to test a hydrogen bomb. Some experts say it is more likely they tested a "boosted" atomic bomb. Although this type of bomb isn't ...