May 23, 2017
On a remote piece of land just outside of Florence, S.C., an atomic weapon was accidentally dropped on March 11, 1958.
Soo cool! This happened not far from where I live!
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On a remote piece of land just outside of Florence, S.C., an atomic weapon was accidentally dropped on March 11, 1958.
Soo cool! This happened not far from where I live!
whenever I feel stupid for screwing something up I think about the air force pilot that accidentally dropped a whole-ass bomb on south Carolina
historical marker near Mars Bluff, South Carolina (x)
Andy's Extraordinary Tales: Episode Five- The Mars Bluff Incident
In this episode I relate the extraordinary tale of an incident that befell a small farm in rural South Carolina in 1958!
In February 1958, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atom bomb on South Carolina when two planes collided. A B-47 over Mars Bluff released the device. It’s fissionable core was stored somewhere else, but thousands of pounds of conventional explosives fell 15,000 feet into the home of William Gregg, leaving a 75 ft crater. Such “broken arrow” events common in that era. Five of them occurred in 1958.
Looking out through nature's window under the natural archway at Mars Bluff on Bruny Island. @Benji_dadswell_ captured this impressive perspective while walking the Cape Queen Elizabeth Track, a 12km return day-walk that offers a magnificent variety of landscapes to discover and explore. Walkers can expect brilliant views of The Neck and Adventure Bay, as well as stunningly secluded beaches and unique rock formations. And when you're done, don't forget to stop in for a cheese sampling or a couple dozen oysters to celebrate! Thanks for tagging #discovertasmania, Benji! #BrunyIsland #MarsBluff #Tasmania #SeeAustralia http://ift.tt/1hfDjUJ
And here’s the news coverage of it. Behold . Appropriate dramatic 50s news music included
On March 11th 1958, an Air Force B47e accidentally dropped a mark VI atomic bomb on the rural community of Mars Bluff in Florence County, South Carolina.
Not kidding at all