1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation. 16-27Feb66 (Atomic Search)
Near Palomares, Spain
08:50:20 Slate 16Feb66 Aluminaut being towed by SS Privateer w/ coast behind. CU of cable past stern roller & view of Aluminaut.
08:51:27 Slate 26Feb66 Aluminaut being towed, various views. USNS Eltanin (AGOR-8) (cargo ship) seen in distance. Crewman of SS Privateer in yellow baseball cap taking bearing & writing in log. Views of Aluminaut & support ship activity. Frogmen & others into rubber boat & out to Aluminaut.
08:54:31 View of bow of SS Privateer thru water, stern w/ wake & US flag. Marker buoy in water passed by, CU flag on buoy. Men on deck.
08:55:54 Slate: 24Feb66 SS Privateer w/ Aluminaut alongside.
08:56:29 Slate: 27Feb66 Men at charts, CU of electronic communications gear. Men on deck raising motor boat on davits onboard SS Privateer. Men loading canisters into tower of Aluminaut; climb into tower, man on top of tower talking on phone. View of part of Aluminaut underwater; on surface testing top propellor. 08:59:05 Motorboat raised, Aluminaut behind alongside, released.
Communication; Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; Electronics; 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. 16-27Feb66 (Atomic Search) Near Palomares, Spain 08:50:20 Slate 16Feb66 Aluminaut being towed by SS Privateer w/ coast behind. CU of cable past stern roller & view of Aluminaut. 08:51:27 Slate 26Feb66 Aluminaut being towed, various views. USNS Eltanin (AGOR-8) (cargo ship) seen in distance. Crewman of SS Privateer in yellow baseball cap taking bearing & writing in log. Views of Aluminaut & support ship activity. Frogmen & others into rubber boat & out to Aluminaut. 08:54:31 View of bow of SS Privateer thru water, stern w/ wake & US flag. Marker buoy in water passed by, CU flag on buoy. Men on deck. 08:55:54 Slate: 24Feb66 SS Privateer w/ Aluminaut alongside. 08:56:29 Slate: 27Feb66 Men at charts, CU of electronic communications gear. Men on deck raising motor boat on davits onboard SS Privateer. Men loading canisters into tower of Aluminaut; climb into tower, man on top of tower talking on phone. View of part of Aluminaut underwater; on surface testing top propellor. 08:59:05 Motorboat raised, Aluminaut behind alongside, released. Communication; Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; Electronics; 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.