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Thule B-52 Crash Declassified Documents
54 declassified records on Thule B-52 Crash, dated 1963 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.
- Jul 4, 1968Disposal of the Contaminated Residue from the Thule Accident (Encl: Report re Same)Report · 16p
- Jun 9, 1969Note by the Secretary, Subject: Thule Status Report (Att: Memo to Seaborg, Et Al, re B-52 Crash at Thule Air Base Greenland DTD 6/5/69)Report · 2p
- 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
- UndatedMemo Regarding Possible Surveillance Program That Might Be Carried Out by the Danish Government to Assure the Safety of the Thule InhabitantsReport · 6p
- Feb 2, 1963Memo to Chairman Seaborg, Et Al, Subject: B-52 Crash at Thule Air Base, Greenland (Deleted)Correspondence
- Apr 1, 1968TWX to E B Giller, Et Al, Subject: LASL Examined Thule Debris (Deleted)Correspondence
- Apr 4, 1968TWX TO RUEFHQA/OSAF/AFSSSG/BACG/AFXOXOP, ET AL, SUBJECT: DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED WASTE AT THULE ( CRESTED ICE ) Addressee: UNKCorrespondence
- Aug 13, 1968TWX to J L Mccraw, Et Al, Subject: Crested Ice Daily Progress Report NBR 11, August 9, 1968 on Thule (Broken Arrow) (Acc-30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Correspondence · 3p
- Aug 31, 1968Telegram to Amembassy Copenhagen, Subject: Press Inquiries - Thule Cleanup OperationsCorrespondence
- Feb 2, 1968TWX DTG 022107Z AL HANCOCK TO HILTY AEC REP THULE AB - Addressee: HILTYCorrespondence
- Feb 5, 1968Broken Arrow - Missing: Four H-Bombs (International, February 5, 1968) (Other Newsclippings) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newspaper article · 2p
- Feb 7, 1968Memo for Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy), Subject: Radiological Contamination Problem of Thule B-52 AccidentCorrespondence
- Feb 13, 1968TWX to W H Langham, Subject: Discussion of Surface Inventory and Potential MPC Values Based on Potential Mixing (Broken Arrow) (Acc-30 B-52 Thule, Greenland)Correspondence · 1p
- Feb 13, 1968Memo to R G Stone, Et Al, Subject: Atmospheric Dispersal of Contamination from Thule Crash of January 21, 1958 (No Enclosures)Correspondence
- Feb 14, 1968TWX to J F Burke, Et Al, Subject: Thule Accident Weapons (Deleted)Correspondence
- Feb 14, 1968TWX to Ruehc/Secstate Washdc,Et Al, Subject: Presence of Tritium in Ice at Thule Must Be Revealed to DanesCorrespondence
- Feb 24, 1968Telegram to Amembassy Copenhagen, Et Al, Subject: Settlement of Claims Arising from Thule B-52 Accident (Deleted)Correspondence
- Feb 27, 1968Memo to H H Koch, Subject: Potential Problem of Handling Jet Fuel and Debris, and Surveillance Monitoring Activities (Broken Arrow) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Correspondence · 2p
- Feb 29, 1968Broken Arrow - It Was a Dark and Bitter Cold World (Albuquerque Tribune, February 29, 1968) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newspaper article · 2p
- Jan 1, 1968Broken Arrow - B-52 Crashes; 4 H-Bombs on Board (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newspaper article · 1p
- Jan 21, 1968Broken Arrow - Information Paper - Thule Accident (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Summary · 2p
- Jan 21, 1968Nuclear Weapon Accident Near Thule Air Base, Greenland Part 3 - PhotographsOther
- Jan 22, 1968Memo to Seaborg, Et Al, Subject: B-52 Crash at Thule Air Base Greenland (Deleted)Correspondence
- Jan 28, 1968Broken Arrow - Long Recovery Task Feared in H-Bomb Loss (Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, January 28, 1968) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newspaper article · 1p
- Jan 28, 1968Broken Arrow - General Says Thule Search for Lost H-Bombs May Take Several Months (New York Times, January 28, 1968) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newspaper article · 1p
- Jan 29, 1968Memo for Dir DMA, AEC, Subject: Information on Thule Accident (Deleted)Correspondence
- Jan 30, 1968Note to Winter, Subject: Thule Advisory GroupsCorrespondence
- Jul 11, 1968Letter to C Walske, Subject: Savannah River Plant Selected as Disposal Site for the Contaminated Residue to Be Removed from Thule Air Base, GreenlandCorrespondence
- Jul 11, 1968TWX to Ruefhqa/Csaf, Subject: Ocean Bottom Survey Off Thule Greenland (U)Correspondence
- Jul 30, 1968Broken Arrow -Summary of Health Physics Activities Buring Tank Farm Operations, 12-30 July 1968, Project Crested Ice (Attachments; Operation Plans/ Procedures) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Summary · 14p
- Jun 5, 1968Letter to R M Scott, Et Al, Subject: Review of the Thule Post-Accident ActivitiesCorrespondence
- Jun 25, 1968TWX to J L Mccraw, Et Al, Subject: Weekly Report Number 4 for Week Ending June 21, 1968 on Thule Accident (Acc-30, B-52 Thule, Greenland) (Broken Arrow)Correspondence · 3p
- Jun 28, 1968TWX TO RUWMFVA/ADC/ADMLP, ET AL, SUBJECT: THULE INCIDENT Addressee: UNK; HUNZIKERCorrespondence
- Mar 5, 1968Letter to R O Hunzlker, Subject: re Visit to ThuleCorrespondence
- Mar 5, 1968Broken Arrow - Now They Ban the Bomb (Atlanta Constitution, March 5, 1968) (Other Newsclipping; Unarmed B-52S?, San Diego Union, March 2, 1968) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newspaper article · 1p
- Mar 13, 1968Memo to Seaborg, Et Al, Subject: Current Developments in the Radiobiologic Aspects of the Accident at Thule & the MTG with the Danish Representatives in Washington on March 18-19 (No Attachments)Correspondence
- Mar 13, 1968Memo to Seaborg, Et Al, Subject: B-52 Crash at Thule Air Base, Greenland (Deleted)Correspondence
- Mar 15, 1968Memo to M B Biles, Subject: Notes on Thule PlutoniumCorrespondence
- Mar 28, 1968Letter to H a Kornberg, Subject: Thule Affair Coming to CloseCorrespondence
- Mar 31, 1968AEC Outgoing Telecommunication Message to J R Totter, Et Al, Subject: Air Force Will Present an Overall Review of the Thule Post-Accident Activities June 17, 1968Correspondence
- May 1, 1968Broken Arrow - Laboratory's Role in Mop-Up Activity After Thule Crash (the Magnet, Vol. 12, No. 5 May 1968) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newsletter · 3p
- May 6, 1968Letter to C Walske, Subject: Commission Search for Weapon Residue at ThuleCorrespondence
- May 7, 1968Letter to N E Bradbury, Subject: Appreciation Expressed by the LASL to the Sac Disaster Control Team at Thule Air Base GreelandCorrespondence
- May 17, 1968Letter to C Walske, Subject: re Programme for Radio - Ecological Investigations in the Thule Area (Attachment)Correspondence
- May 21, 1968DMA Meeting at Headquarters May 20 and 21, 1968 Re: Thule Accident (Broken Arrow) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Meeting minutes · 8p
- Sep 6, 1968Teletype to H C Donnelly, Et Al, Subject: Crested Ice Report Number 32 (Debris Removal Operation) (Broken Arrow) (Acc-30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Correspondence · 1p
- Sep 14, 1968Minutes 126TH Meeting Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine, Sept 13-14, 1968, Subject: Reorg DBM; Visit to Russia; Pu Registry; Pulmonary Toxicity; Uranium Mines; Abcc; Thule Incident; HenreMeeting minutes
- Sep 19, 1968Broken Arrow - Radioactive Debris - Ap Wirephoto (Oklahoma City Times, September 19, 1968) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Newspaper article · 1p
- Sep 21, 1968Memo to W L Hancock, Et Al, Subject: Press Statement from Danish Foreign Ministry (Broken Arrow) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Correspondence · 1p
- Aug 13, 1970Strontium-90 in Nyc Fallout and Dolphin and ThuleCorrespondence
- Sep 1, 1970Memo to J Koch, Subject: Thule Incident (Acc-30, B-52 Thule, Greenland) (Broken Arrow)Correspondence · 2p
- Mar 22, 1971Plutonium in Lichen Communities of the Thule Greenland Region During the Summer of 1968Journal article
- Aug 28, 2000Broken Arrow - Email to Taschner J, Subject: Lost U.s. Atomic Bomb Lies Off Greenland (Other Email Listing; to Saxen a, Subject: Same) (Accident 30, B-52 Thule, Greenland)Correspondence · 1p
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