Read the statement the US military used to cover up Oppenheimer's first nuclear test, claiming it was an ammo dump blowing up
page 6 of New Mexico's Clovis News-Journal"Several inquiries have been received concerning a heavy explosion which occurred on the Alamogordo Air Base this morning," it quoted the base's commanding officer, William O. Eareckson, as saying.
The notice appeared between stories about a police car chase and a man who was wanted for issuing a bounced check. The Trinity test released a literally blinding explosion and a mushroom cloud seven and a half miles high; a precursor to the devastating nuclear bombs that would later be dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan.
In total, Laurence helped draft four press releases — the other three covered potentially catastrophic results such as having to evacuate residents, damage to towns, and draft death notices, per Jones.In its August 31 article, more than a month later, the Herald-Post reported that the blast was actually the"A-bomb," admitting it had been duped by the earlier statement.Here's the full text of the New Mexico's Clovis News-Journal article from July 16, 1945:ALAMOGORDO, N.M.
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