WILSON DETONATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 18, 1957

NEVADA TEST SITE

The fireball from the Wilson shot, 4:45 a.m., PDT, June 18, 1957, Yucca Flat, was photographed from a distance of about five miles, within seconds after detonation.

Credit Lookout Mountain Laboratory, USAF


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