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Operation Castle Bravo High-Altitude Radar Objects

During/after the Castle Bravo test, March 1, 1954Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands

Former warrant officer Olin Hasty told Hastings that two or three high-altitude targets were tracked maneuvering within or around the Bravo cloud and that a headquarters explanation identified them as Canberra aircraft. Hastings argues that available task-force aircraft data do not support that explanation.

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“Olin Hasty told Hastings that two or three very high-altitude targets were tracked maneuvering in or around the Castle Bravo cloud and that headquarters attributed them to Canberra aircraft. Hastings argues from task-force aircraft information that this explanation was not supported.”
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