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To gain ln?orxution regarling the khrlor of lid reflexes umhr the blink reflexes as l proteotf?e mechuiixm against ohorlorotinal To gain in fonmtion on shutter wvi filter meahaIixms for eye protection against chorloretlnal &-ns cause-l & atalo veatmns of WIilo thin change 314 not lntirely muocoot in bracketing the threshol~ which otheruise would not have been obtalna’le on any single shot. Eloctronlc instmmentaticm aml tlm~ slgnalc war. aployd only at the racks vore used for blink reflex lni filt*r studlen only. Q!!M!Q BEST AVAILABLE COPY, Chorioroti~ &s wore prcNIuced in 42 of 113 rabbita and 6 of 8
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l lonke~s expoad to the flash of this shot. Laaions rceultuist 811 oal~ic yields lt the lxpoeure sites ranged to 8.1 lutue milee. Blink reflex expcmres produced chorioretinal ~qe in 21 of 38 rabbits and 6 of 8 monkeye. ?hluetion of bliok reflex time (in this ease, the time and ~uratlon of eye lxpoeure) w8i’,s tppraiaal of the high sped phot~aphy of th~ animl lyes iuring the lXPlasioo. Iabomto~ stwiies ualng incruoingly pcuer~ photoflash txilbe remals n relatiwly oonst.ant blink reflex time of lpproximately 320 l ms fo~ mbbits ml monkeys d lbout 160 m for *. Khing dmllu blink reflex times and recogrdxing the tuofoli ~ter relative opcniag of the rabbit wpil, ulier investigntiona latimted tht the rabbit la eusoeptiblc to retinsl tie lt ciiatanoas lbut 25 perc~t ~tar As ewilencei by the iata it uxs notei that rnller (md appuently firebll. Detail, of turn patholegy must l-it laboratory study uhioh oannot b accaeplisheci lt the hcific Proving Grounds. It is of ioteest to oboerve that retinal hemorrhaging in this lxposure series wc ~ssociatwi With tit lppe.xr8 to be lesions of intermediate te-rity. This ie in oontramt to the fimlingo of pretious baorrhqlng in oonneetion with the most levere l+litioosl information on the inci3ence of this inmstigetoro vho noted turns. It my be that
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l pheaaww =7 be slgalfioant In the 4evdqment of l omprehenslm aub~mtim grdlng sygta mulogoua to tint uad in the lml-tim of the cutaneous flaoh turns. Retinal krns were auswinei by 10 of 32 rabbits expaed he+iti timing, tvo ho wro praiucd during the initial 7-t&15 ma of the weapon flash. Both tarns wore locatd centrally in the rsbblt eyo wore dommmted by fumius photn~~. these intemla. The time ta th. oecen~maxima 1. oaloulatedat it ie lp~?ent thst tile coup of lnimls uere aubjeot~!, not atly to the energy of the fir. t flash b.: llso the greater portion of the oeoond pulee. Reaolutlon o? lctual shutter sped in all oases iB mntingent
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XII tho ~alayed dmtter ~sures, 6 Of 16 mbblts sustained retinal tmms. The lesions wero producd mostly in MS*S uhero tho ~~re ineluld the MXMJE or nom ~ flux of the locond @s.. Incrments of the flaah twyod 0.6 s.cmds did aot produce -S in lilee, respmtimly, vore 8ix.llw in sise lnd lppearmoe to blink m-~”ao”““groud mere. Wu# this it 10 iaforrod ttut tk- filters reduod the These ehuttom vere inoperatlre lt H hau due to l fire in the tba ebutter still reduces the incident visible light ~ lbmt 60 poraent. Ae l first s~omtim it 19 letktei thmt the energy raohlng the rab~it ep vaa effect lvmly rduced ~ t is of intereet that no laolons uore pwtucod in tbo animlo behlti the protective shutters, b’ithin the limltn impogd ~ the fiel~ ‘COM-LWIONS BEST AVAILAFWE COPV The bliak reflex time for lninla lti ma iD rapid to protect lgainst the fltnh frm an ltomio
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yiald. An lir bat of this SISO lt d-m of a claar day (93 percent ttioaphorlc trmamlssion) 10 auf ficlent to mduca chorioratlnd hs > yield and these jlst~ncee the energy of [he first 50ms of the detonation, ln4 particularly that of the first pulsa alone a“ la of little signlfloance in the production of IJJrna. The highast ?hare is llmltai lvllwwa that brne COIL3 greater {lat. ncos under lientisal Proting Grounds, It Is belie+, aseumes its greatest lignlficance for the pilot be prtxhoad at lmuhat an+ alr arew It high excasslvm humility are not ?actor8 of atmospheric lttenuation. tidltl~l the productlm of chorloretinal hums. these fil+,ers uil? radure tfie imclinnw anl sovarity Of the leaias.
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The prkry objective ?f this test effect of a lw yiel? nuclear veapon m
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The objective of thio test =e to wkaure tbe lffects of a 10U yield nuolau detonation of an in-flight E-57E slrcraft voapons ayat~. CM of 220 eknnels being recorbl, 10 data ahaneln wre lost for vmriouereaeons. They Mre been re~irod, or repheed ~ -Pares. lble limlt for the IL57B. ~ Peak overpreamm ues
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Witm - Ipstrmentatlon or primaryconcern consistel & 37 thomouples located b. the right P-apt right lileron, right wing, rxgnt stabiliser mad the eagiao inlet l4 wtlet. Correlative krlry - Tbo iast-entatioa coodsted of strain gage bridges loogtti. at Sta. ‘W and 15C m left anf right wing; Sta. 365 on the tielage; Fit. 9ta. 12 ani 35.5 m tbe left ad right stabilizer ad Yielded tiding maent infommtioo. 9tmct~l responsee ugre related to exwra inpts with o?erprosswe traducers Imtd m l noee ?ma ution wro capable of bing rooodd. offset wre - 8,093 fed lnd 12,024 feet respectively. Tha shook a.r-
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early, cmsuqumtly th~ film ran out before tiu* rere. I of bhlter (CapnMliti*s F-Q4V) vas not planned Il ’ BEST AVAILABLE COPY I
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The object ive’of Project 5.6 la to dotoneine th~ reaponaes of a in-flight F-lCIA aircraft to the thenul, blaot and gust effects of a The aircraft was instmmmted with radlc=e:er~, calorlmetera ad strain gagen, thermocouples ani various other inn!rments to rn~~ the Qircra!% respmsee to the inputs. For this shot, the lircraft ws lod on the :tibilator baed on the positioning @eIi. occur?iug 9.75 lecmls later with the tilrcraft over ground zero. Act@ shot day position ahoud the alrcre.ft to k 7,54C feet short of ground Daam~e ! There uas no apparent !amag? to the lircraft. Instrumentation: There was no appmmt dwmge to the in~trumantmtlon. Of the 5P oscillograph re:erio4 parmeters, only three a poaltlvely 3M not produon data. h? radiometer uae turnd out priOr
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its galvmnmt,ar an+ one oalorimter, llthough ftmctlontig properly, Three or four thanmccuples my have been mlfimotionl~ trot, du~ to thn erdl tmperatum rises exietln~, it we inposible to definitely shook lriml, rendering tvo fruaes (.125 lc) unreadable. ’31 26 gag*e flnctlon~ rmoperly and no data vas loot. (hot Datat The alrctmft lmerlenced l mltlnle shook arrival
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Project 5.7 - Therad Flux ln3 Alhedo Measurements fror Aircraft . •~ Tnformtion of the poition in •~e. of moh l!rcra?t 1. eantainai
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Lo the postshot reports of the follwing ~oj&ts: trojeot 5.3. ~ BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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The ultimte objeotiw of this tegt is to dctomine the ml. to l nuclear firehll. The -late objeotive is l dot.~notim of titkln l firebtll mni the nrbtioa of this MtoriAl loss uith •h~, attenpt is being tie to ooaouro mriew phummto ocouringuithia8 fireball & ntias rnthcris of Instwatetltm. six 9pooiDoaa-O quipped tith mlmturo b~ rooordors. m ad the mte of mporisstian of tho eurfuoo ntorlal. III add$tim, ~ pod worpro8eu-e vithin tho f iretd 1 wrl tine hiatorioa of th. qooti No rooulto u. a~ila’ole lt this time. The mliation lorol of the ?oooTory q Is l0 high that no lpecimens how bon rotriewd. Aorlal of tho spaoimms into thn ground. Thn photogrophn till he usd lotor
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To utlllte the elaotroumgnetlc cignal originating fra uuoleu vempm detmation to determine ground sero of dotonstlon. Sec*ily to obtain the yield data tit la asdlahle in the -b @se. oiple. The exact time the bab @se im ryceiti at mrioua otetiono is recmid. The e~ot tindi?farenoe in receipt of the elect~- netie *SO betveen tw stationstill b usad to detemiae l ~ bolio curvQ utloh rune thrcugh growd sero. % point of internotibase line systm a!wf the other, the short Mse line aysta. %oh lyst- has two sets of st4tims. The long tmoe lino hao one sot of with synchronislng antm stationat Haiku, kui, and the ~tbar wt of titim ti the States (&lingen, Texaa; Blythetille, ArkM-o; ltation lt Cape Fur, .Rorth Cmrolinn. The short tase lines ham one
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titeaido. !iarlingen A?B TOXM net all stotiom rocoimd and Grif f ios APB Nru York repnrto quipt folluro. We amcluoima oao b. mdo until further Infmtion is rocoivd BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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fiojeot 6.3 - Effoots o#Atomia Exploalon on tho Ionoophero - The objectlvs of %oJ*-t 6,3 is to obtiin dAta m tho effeoto Of high field nuol’tir lxplosime on tho Ionosphoro. %incipllr, to imeatigato the uu of lbsorption, ~olmbly due to the high lltlkio rdioactivo pmrtiolas , ad to ctuly tha lffozt of orie3tatloa relative to the earth’s l Tuo Imosphere recorders, mloeion, inst,alhd in 6 taa tnilor vuns, orm looatd lt !t~crlk tical frquenoins of imisml r*~ims af the upper •t~sphom, BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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The objeotlve of Project 6.5 19 to obtain nve?ormn of the electr~etic radiation for all the detonations during Operation RK)~. This data is to h used in oonnectlm with l eontirmiq ltwiy relating the UWfOmI meters to the height U4 yield of The instruaentatim consiste of l uide-lmd reoeirer dth se~te out~ts canneoted to each of the lhree oecllloscopes. Date we reetiti m ~1 oscilloscopes. The prelictei fiel~ The tmrefonns ue good ed shoal. protiid data hti UC9 recorded on all Oscllloseapea. The Fre31ct~ field
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flolfl ltrangths ahou thst the flel: strangth is lviolently att~. uatad lxponentidly lnd IS not l linear rolatlmsMp.
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To determine the speetral charneteriatiea of tha radkt ~ of MOd.rbrst firebll prier to its being shooked ~ the reflect.d The tpoctral iistribtion of the rediaat pver is obtaiod l Ampex W. tape reootier, vith a resolutim tk of 15C# 00. s. Tho on the grouml tovmrda tho aircraft. The ltternmted h is receivwi by s deteotor in the lirotit ti recofi~ on a Heiland reccrk. tvo qmtrd regions, (1) .3-.55 dcram d (2) .6-l,W niorom. In ddition, l quarts filtered oalorimtar, 22 degrees fieli of vi~, Is utilisd to mnmre the apprtite tiiant lxpsure receieW lt R- BEST AVAILABLE COPY feet lbmoluto, directly over ~cnmd sero at TO. dur&g the lntire obtainod on 1P ohannels
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e no tranmiadal Umamonts w- txrrid alt Oueaosd’ully to !! -6.5 Secemls. The latter corrooponls to the laot stilablo Tho tho~l data lppears to be very laterost ing, in prticukr, uas lbout 5 lmn4s ss cm~rd to the bluo region whioh had 4 duiitia vi l’wuL 2 .5-> seconds. This difference baa not lppauod on broad bad ealeriaet.ora ls their senoitlrity is considerably lewr tbn that of the .P@ctrtmetor syata apleyod here. ?urth.r, this l lends cralen:e to the theory that tho hot sheeked gases vithin the amounts Or nliation in infra-rwi regions of 1-3 microns. BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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(r”ie), omqxtd on the bole of dlaof Fquation 17 is ooneistent with pre-Teapot radioo!wdetryg tho differential fom In hswl on the yioll of King lhet ac 540 KT; ani the the Lqtnpal metho4 fra two heavily fog’~~ Runlt fib,. Inclumion Of thio result uill nat oi.gniricantly *ffect ‘,ho quotel yield. shown in Table 10.1-2. All Items u!t!!n the notei listuIco”of tho Into the mass treatment.
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Ucight Included in Sphera Yield of Mao hyonf 7 motors free the ranter of the bmb is not Sj.gnifimtb BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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dba Shot. nto l S0s00-, Jr., aut @%or huylu point out ttit h tho -O of l twor
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kgu dongos Won by most of tho MDpliag hiromft. The ratios of *14 dongo to final dosage and intogron to fib hdge rndings vere ati.rely consistent with thoso cmoountuod 00 past operations. BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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for thio 90s the dongor of l.lp Scattering by @rogm in tho omctwte CDL!pcraffin @hiold l pdntod out by Iauis Room. To dloriate thi l dtuatlm, the apa%ure thrcmghthe ohiold ~ thieknoms, The line8 of light to the othm mtatiam CU pcased ~b lmd together in luch l w that m. odd be phood ll- tho line of mtori~ r9duoed the n-or of rmtmno ocattored through nail amgles ploood m top of the aOU1-tOr uxt in f-t of We fo-ard blaot Plato.
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thoso pipes load wool *O packed to Q thiokneoo of amt ~“. The front, The 9W yd station ccmtained two phonoa 08BOI’U hadng po~t~- l Saatoad of l 0.U23” polyethylene ruiiator lt the frent of the eemm, l $outero~fin xwiiator me wed mt the roar. MS camera UM asod by good rwdable platoa maemab~ free of bukground. ltte Q emltionB, of ~on traoka uhoae emergioe ue greater thao tit 10 or U -. plate. ~ &ui8 Rueen. The remlto of this umlyeln are h ti Tabh of the b- 18 shorn in ?ig. 12.2-1. l Tbo oamems from tho 300 yd. ctatioa mre me-ered three d~
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is oalled to tho number of tracks - l shown h tho table. We uloh to thank J. till, R. recordod for each half mN energy lntazlppredatlcm of the cooperation uhlch ue have reoeimd h ~ 3ekts md the other mchlnlots. BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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to iuiuatlm hlooki~ eomiaaeers uead in the dotootoro mdo m W #MU dyamlo mago d remltwi in mther vldo eattc la tho titA odl det.ows. 7%. dot.otorswed to nuure tho boost l BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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?abla 13.1-1 im a ~ of thm dab ebtdaod In tho rcgim prior to boost. l%. indioator mmbsrlng oomsntioa lists ths dstootur a-her in the t-a poslticm UXI the loop mmber in tbo ualts pocltim roontgena to neutrons through uae of Watt9s equivalent wvi taking tho data m. mde by data Otiirlod Uo aheuo la ?@ 13.1-1 thru 13,14. ThO dati dpulo rang. mad ims not the OIQJ M81tlag fcotor to _ ‘ of boat dsti . BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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ltiona on tuo Fioaal SOOPC, •.a~ backed v by a llstear soopa. %Uf: :ient Saln AU scopes functioned mmctly. BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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lffsota of nautron hating hawmd vhen an ataio vupm 18 crpoood BEST AVAILABLE COPY
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Tho pmpoao of the Oxprlmnt *8 feature Of the ~OpOSd hmma la EATS lra. wro big fra consisted of a graphito layer, 2 it. in rotor dlametw viaieK aolosed l steel hll, 8 inoh-a in outor Uiamtm, at tho oentor of uhlch us l sphero oomlating of l -l n of the Uaaket mterial 2 fnoiies in qaltient to lbout 1 lC,W* h addition$’5 no ddti lo laeaIt -s eapeotd that the steel spheres o~cl ti meowed ltho shot ~pm an umlyaio of tho seapls it omtained ~ re- -1 mluable lnfomtloa r*lng the productloo of tritlm uuiu shot. he to the high rdiatloo Ierels still ~oseat mly oae s@mre MS reoowwi, thlo one no r4urnd to Ia AIQBOS for dlwsmhl.y ad MAlysio. It is lntlolpte4 that the -ning opherer oaa b rooomrwi m shout pluc two months.
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