1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation. Feb24-27 (Atomic Search)
Off Palomares, Spain
09:07:05 Slate: 27Feb66 View from bow of SS Privateer, Aluminaut visible w/ rubber raft establishing line; rubber raft returns to ship. View of pole in water w/ instrument (?) like a sounding device in water. Officer puts phones on and listens while turning rod. View of Aluminaut underwater on surface, slowly submersing. MCU of man listening w/ phones, CU of instrument or amplifier.
09:10:35 View of coast from bow of SS Privateer in rough water. View from stern of rocking ship.
09:11:30 Spanish helicopter landing beside two US helicopters, military out.
09:12:02 Slate 24Feb66 US Airman Bloch opening & eating can of “C” Rations. CU of chicken walking around & chased by airmen who catch it, lay it on its back & hypnotize it by tucking head under wing & swing it. Wake it up. Men eating at table & on ground at “Air Terminal” of crates, radio & windsock. Airmen watch UH-43C helicopter lift off.
09:15:15 CU airman eating canned rations.
Communications; Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; 1960s; Radiation Hazard;
NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.
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1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation. Feb24-27 (Atomic Search) Off Palomares, Spain 09:07:05 Slate: 27Feb66 View from bow of SS Privateer, Aluminaut visible w/ rubber raft establishing line; rubber raft returns to ship. View of pole in water w/ instrument (?) like a sounding device in water. Officer puts phones on and listens while turning rod. View of Aluminaut underwater on surface, slowly submersing. MCU of man listening w/ phones, CU of instrument or amplifier. 09:10:35 View of coast from bow of SS Privateer in rough water. View from stern of rocking ship. 09:11:30 Spanish helicopter landing beside two US helicopters, military out. 09:12:02 Slate 24Feb66 US Airman Bloch opening & eating can of “C” Rations. CU of chicken walking around & chased by airmen who catch it, lay it on its back & hypnotize it by tucking head under wing & swing it. Wake it up. Men eating at table & on ground at “Air Terminal” of crates, radio & windsock. Airmen watch UH-43C helicopter lift off. 09:15:15 CU airman eating canned rations. Communications; Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; 1960s; Radiation Hazard; NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.