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of one or more of four hydro gen bombs aboard an Aiy Force B-52 that crashed Sunday off Greenland have been found, the Pentagon reported yesterday. But “it still has. not been de termined whether parts of the ‘plane or of the four nuclear weapons carried on the plane the Defense Department said. Left unanswered .was whether the bombs are imbedded in the ice or are on the surface. This was the first official con- l firmation on the number of nuciear bombs aboard the plane. The announcement . did not make clear where the parts of the hydrogen bombs were found, but indications were it was on the thick ice cover over North Star Bay where the plane went The Pentagon said earlier search teams using dog sleds and helicopters found scattered debris and fuel burns near the impact site, seven miles south west of Thule, Greenland. - It said scientists had detected what is described as low level alpha radiation there. Officials said 75 military and civilian nuclear specialists and accident investigators have been flown to Thule. They include an explosive ordnance disposal team from Wright-Patterson Air Force base at Dayton, O., and from Plattsburgh Air Force base, in Upstate New York, where the B-52 was based. identified among the debris,” the Defense Department state ment did not say whether sig nificant amounts of the bombs were located. Nor was it clear whether just one bomb or more were involved in the discovery7. The Pentagon has refused to discuss the size of the bombs, but sources indicate they were the equivaent explosive force of 1.1 million tons of TNT. Teams on the scene are set ting up shelter against the miwhich can freeze exposed flesh in two minutes. A wooden helicopter pad lias been built, and a prefabricated building was assembled on the scene. Water was poured over the joints and allowed to freeze The Pentagon said search op erations are hampered by the polar darkness and deteriorat The six survivors of the crash were listed in good condition. One of them, Capt. Frank 1'. Hopkins, has been returned fo the Andrews Air. Force Base, Md., hospital. Hopkins suffered a broken arm and minor frost The five other crewmen who parachuted to .safety7 when the big plane went down still are at Thule undergoing treatment. A seventh crew member died in