Broken Arrow - Goldsboro, NC

[Grey Ghost]

C-SPAN/History aired this story this a.m.

Cliffs: B-52 (carrying two H-bombs) crashed in 1961 in N.C. One bomb recovered, the other the U.S.A.F. labeled as "irretrievable", and still buried in the farm field.

Scientist say the steel casing that holds the contents (uranium) will eventually rust and the contents will leach out into the ground. The UNC determined the bomb to be at 180 ft. +/- 10 ft. based on speed of impact and mass. Many say, if they can bring up those Chilean miners that were at 2300 ft. why can't they retrieve this thing at 180 ft. ?

The Goldsboro Broken Arrow (http://thegoldsborobrokenarrow.com/)

Crash of B-52 Bomber Carrying Nuclear Weapons | C-SPAN (http://www.c-span.org/History/Events/Crash-of-B-52-Bomber-Carrying-Nuclear-Weapons/10737439067/)

:sadangel::sadangel::sadangel: crew members that died in the crash.

One of the bombs hanging in a tree. The other buried itself.

http://www.c-span.org/uploadedImages/Content/Images/AHTV/GoldsboroBomb.jpg?404=a404&maxwidth=314&watermark=

[OddBall]

Gotta be more to it than that.
It's awful swampy out that-a-way; I wonder if the farm field is in fact a swamp.

[Grey Ghost]

Gotta be more to it than that.
It's awful swampy out that-a-way; I wonder if the farm field is in fact a swamp.

They say there is too much ground water that seeps in for a pump to keep up with...? They dug for 5 mos. trying to retrieve it... Then, basically, dumped concrete in the hole and put a fence around it. Where the fuselage finally came to rest, isn't plowed for respect to the guys that didn't get out of the plane. The bombs spiraled out of the plane in the air. I read the debris field to be a 2-4 sq. mile area ? Still, looks like they could retrieve it with all the mining equip. available today. That steel tube submerged in water won't last forever.

[78SA]

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