Eyewitness Account of the Trinity Explosion
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- 1945-07-16
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This is a typewritten account of the detonation of the Trinity atomic device, written by physicist Luis W. Alvarez, who witnessed it from a B-29 aircraft flying 24,000 feet over the site. In this report, Alvarez comments upon the detonation itself, the formation of the mushroom cloud, and the observations of the shock wave by the pilot and other passengers in the aircraft. Included are two sketches Alvarez made of the developing mushroom cloud, with notations.
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- Office for Emergency Management. Office of Scientific Research and Development. 6/28/1941-12/31/1947
- Contributing Institution
- National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference
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- SketchesReportsPaper
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Office for Emergency Management. Office of Scientific Research and Development. 6/28/1941-12/31/1947. Eyewitness Account of the Trinity Explosion. 1945-07-16. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/594933. (Accessed May 23, 2022.)
- APA citation style
- Office for Emergency Management. Office of Scientific Research and Development. 6/28/1941-12/31/1947, (1945-07-16) Eyewitness Account of the Trinity Explosion. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/594933
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- Office for Emergency Management. Office of Scientific Research and Development. 6/28/1941-12/31/1947. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/594933>.