USS Castle and the H-Bomb

DARK SUN: THE MAKING OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB by Richard Rhodes

Page 494. Speaking of 1952---"This week of July 14 American Car and Foundry assembled the six-by-twenty-foot Mike casing in Buffalo with a dummy primary and secondary inside a mock-up of the building that would house it---known as the shot cab----

Below is a listing of Project Blue Book UFO sightings for 13-14 July 1952. Check out the bottom of the page in ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS

July 13 at Buffalo, New York

This is at least curious. It may not even be a UFO, but it does coincide with the hydrogen bomb work being done at American Car and Foundry at Buffalo. It may be a UFO sighting for some of Blue Books evaluations are absolutely obsurd. The witness must have thought he saw something unusual to go ahead and write a letter about the event and send it to the Air Force.

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June 1952 when the Mike team assembled the Sausage secondary at Los Alamos

June 5, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 6:45 p.m. Witness: S/Sgt T.H. Shorey. One shiny round object flew 5-6 times as fast as an F-86 jet fighter for 6 seconds.

June 7, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 11:18 a.m. Witnesses: crew of B-25 bomber #8840 at 11,500'. One rectangular aluminum object, about 6'x4', flew 250-300' below the B-25.

June 8, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 10:50 a.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Markland. Four shiny objects flew straight and level in a diamond formation.

June 16, 1952; Walker AFB, New Mexico. 8:30 p.m. Witness: USAF maintenance specialist S/Sgt. Sparks. Five or six greyish discs, in a half-moon formation, flew at 500-600 m.p.h. for l minute

July 22, 1952; Los Alamos, New Mexico. 10:50 a.m. Witnesses: control tower operator Don Weins, and two pilots for Carco. Eight large, round, bright aluminum objects flew straight and level, then darted around erratically during 25 minutes.

July 26, 1952; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. 12:05 a.m. Witness: Airman lst Class J.M. Donaldson. Eight to ten orange balls in a triangular or V-formation flew very fast for 3-4 seconds.

July 30, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 11:02 p.m. Witness: USAF lst Lt. George Funk. One orange light remained stationary for 10 minutes. No further details in files.

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The casing, disassembled again itno a set of big rings, and the primary and secondary components went off to Eniwetok aboard the USS Curtiss at the end of August 1952.

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It would be interesting to find out from what port did the USS Curtiss depart from at the end of August 1952...