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Palomares Incident Declassified Documents
31 declassified records on Palomares Incident, dated 1959 to 2004, released by the U.S. Department of Energy. Each one opens with its archive description, the text of the document and a link to the original scan.
- Apr 22, 1968Note by the Secretary, Subject: Underwater Search for Weapon Debris at Thule (Att: Memo to Seaborg, Et Al, re Same 4/18/68; Att. 1: Palomares Bomb Recovery; Att 2: Goldsboro Bomb Recovery (Deleted)Report · 6p
- Jan 1, 2004Palomares Summary Report and Project Crested Ice Report (CD-Rom)Report · 320p
- Apr 8, 1966Broken Arrow - AEC Team Investigation of B-52 Stratofortress - KC-135 Palomares, Spain Accident, January 17, 1966Report · 3p
- Jun 1, 1968First Results from the Programme of Action Following the Palomares AccidentReport · 16p
- Jun 3, 198429TH Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society - Potential Radiation Doses to People Living Near Plutonium Contaminated Areas in PalomaresReport · 37p
- UndatedTechnical Report - Situation Palomares Pueblo SpainReport · 4p
- Oct 17, 1959Broken Arrow - TWX to Et Al, Subject: Commander's 24 Hour Report of Major Aircraft Accident Involving B-52F, 57036 and KC135, 571513 (Palomares Spain)Correspondence · 3p
- Apr 9, 1966Broken Arrow - First H-Bomb Photo (New York Herald Tribune, April 9, 1966) (Other News Clippings; Rescued H-Bomb Put on Display for All to See, Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 1p
- Apr 9, 1966Broken Arrow - H-Bomb Recovery Sinks Radiation Fears (the Denver Post, April 9, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 1p
- Apr 22, 1966Broken Arrow - Vital Contributions Made by Sandia in Locating Lost Nuclear Weapon (Sandia Lab News, April 22, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 3p
- Apr 23, 1966Broken Arrow - N.M. Scientists Aided in Finding Lost a-Bombs (Albuquerque Tribune, April 23, 1966) (Other News Clippings) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 1p
- Feb 24, 1966Broken Arrow - Intensive, Expensive Hunt Under Way to Locate H-Bomb Lost Over Spain (Wash. Post, Feb 24, 1966) (Nuclear Device Eludes Searchers, Albuq. Journal, Feb 16, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 2p
- Jan 17, 1966Broken Arrow - January 17, 1966/B-52 Stratofortress - KC-135/Palomares, Spain - Summary (Palomares Spain)Summary · 1p
- Jan 18, 1966Broken Arrow - Big Af Planes Collide in Flight (Albuquerque Journal, January 18, 1966) (Palomares, Spain) (Other News Clippings)Newspaper article · 1p
- Jan 18, 1966Broken Arrow - B-52 and Tanker Collide Over Spain; 5 Dead, 2 Missing (Ny Times, January 18, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 1p
- Jan 20, 1966Broken Arrow - a-Bomb on Plane Which Collided? (Albuquerque Journal, January 20, 1966) (Other News Clippings; Kirtland Men Probe B52 Crash in Spain, Albuquerque Tribune, January 20, 1966)Newspaper article · 1p
- Jan 21, 1966Broken Arrow - Crashed B-52 Carried a-Bombs; One Missing (Albuq. JRNL, Jan 21, 1966) (Other News Clippings; Angered Spanish Villagers Protest a-Bomb Search, Alb. Trib, Jan 22, 1966)Newspaper article · 1p
- Jan 24, 1966Broken Arrow - Nuclear Bomber Flights Reported Banned in Spain (Albuquerque Journal, January 26, 1966) (Other News Clippings; Atomic Bomb Elieved in Ocean, Albuquerque Tribune, January 24, 1966)Newspaper article · 1p
- Mar 3, 1966Broken Arrow - Air Crash in Spain Scattered Radioactive Fuel, U.s. Reports (Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 1p
- Mar 25, 1966Broken Arrow - the Bomb Is Found (Time Magazine, March 25, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Magazine article · 1p
- Mar 28, 1966Memo to G Dunning, Subject: Urinalysis Data - Broken Arrow Incident (Palomares, Spain)Correspondence · 3p
- May 4, 1966Broken Arrow - Secrecy Lifted from Epic of H-Bomb Hunt (Los Angeles Times, May 4, 1966) (Palomares, Spain)Newspaper article · 4p
- May 13, 1966Broken Arrow - How They Found the Bomb (Time Magazine, May 13, 1966) (Duplicate of Document 338990) (Palomares, Spain)Magazine article · 1p
- Aug 1, 1967Villagers from Palomares Are Examined for Possible Radiation Contamination as a Result of Four US Nuclear Bombs Accidentry DroppedNews story
- Dec 6, 1968Broken Arrow - the Problem of Large-Area Plutonium Contamination - Seminar Paper (Palomares Spain)Presentation · 16p
- May 29, 1968Telegram to Sec. State, Subject: Denial of Dangerous Radioactivity at Rota and PalomaresCorrespondence
- Apr 4, 1979Letter to J L Liverman, Subject: PalomaresCorrespondence
- Mar 30, 1979Memo to Ev Office & Div Directors, Subject: Management of Ev Programs in the Marshall Islands and PalomaresCorrespondence
- Mar 30, 1979Letter to Ev Office and Division Directors, Subject: Management of Ev Programs in the Marshall Islands and PalomaresCorrespondence
- Jun 4, 1982Routing Slip to R Davies, Subject: re Grant to the Spanish Government for the Palomares Study (Attach: Project Indalo Master Agreement)Miscellaneous
- UndatedMemo to W Weyzen, Subject: Supplemental Funding re PalomaresCorrespondence
Other topics
Trinity Test 17Manhattan Project 65Oppenheimer Security Hearing 16Operation Crossroads 21Operation Sandstone 35Operation Greenhouse 36Operation Ivy 44Operation Upshot-Knothole 32Operation Castle and Castle Bravo 165Operation Teapot 22Operation Redwing 75Operation Plumbbob 15Operation Hardtack 82Operation Dominic 5Project Plowshare 23Amchitka Island Tests 3Thule B-52 Crash 54Rocky Flats Plant 56Hanford Site 250Nevada Test Site 76Bikini Atoll 239Enewetak Atoll 250Rongelap and Utirik Fallout 240Human Radiation Experiments 250Project Rover and NERVA 18