STOKES DETONATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 7, 1957

NEVADA TEST SITE

The cloud from Stokes fired at 5:25 a.m. August 7, 1957 rises above Yucca Flat breaking from the stem before starting to dissipate. The balloon event was detonated at 1500 feet.

Photo Credit Lookout Mountain Laboratory, USAF


[Detonation of Stokes (Color Photo)]

[Operation: Plumbbob]