Operation Plumbbob - List of Test Blasts

List of Test Blasts

Test Name Date Yield Note
Boltzmann 01957-05-2828 May 1957 12.000 !12 kt Tower shot
Franklin 01957-06-022 June 1957 00.140 !140 tons Fizzled
Lassen 01957-06-055 June 1957 00.500 !0.5 kt Balloon shot
Wilson 01957-06-1818 June 1957 10.000 !10 kt Balloon shot
Priscilla 01957-06-2424 June 1957 37.000 !37 kt Balloon shot
Coulomb-A 01957-07-011 July 1957 00.000 !zero yield Safety experiment
Hood 01957-07-055 July 1957 74.000 !74 kt Balloon shot, largest atmospheric test in the continental United States
Diablo 01957-07-1515 July 1957 17.000 !17 kt Tower shot
John 01957-07-1919 July 1957 02.000 !1.5 kt Live fire of AIR-2 Genie air-to-air rocket
Kepler 01957-07-2424 July 1957 10.000 !10 kt Tower shot
Owens 01957-07-2525 July 1957 09.700 !9.7 kt Balloon shot
Pascal-A 01957-07-2626 July 1957 00.055 !55 tons Shaft safety experiment. Yield described as slight. Expected yield was 1–2 pounds.
Stokes 01957-08-077 August 1957 19.000 !19 kt Balloon
Saturn 01957-08-1010 August 1957 00.000 !Zero yield Shaft safety experiment
Shasta 01957-08-1818 August 1957 17.000 !17 kt Tower shot
Doppler 01957-08-2323 August 1957 11.000 !11 kt Balloon shot
Pascal-B 01957-08-2727 August 1957 00.300 !300 tons Shaft safety experiment. Yield often described as slight. Expected yield was 1–2 pounds.
Franklin Prime 01957-08-3030 August 1957 04.700 !4.7 kt Balloon
Smoky 01957-08-3131 August 1957 44.000 !44 kt Tower shot
Galileo 01957-09-022 September 1957 11.000 !11 kt Tower shot
Wheeler 01957-09-066 September 1957 00.197 !197 tons Balloon shot
Coulomb-B 01957-09-066 September 1957 00.300 !300 tons Surface safety experiment
Laplace 01957-09-088 September 1957 01.000 !1 kt Balloon shot
Fizeau 01957-09-1414 September 1957 11.000 !11 kt Tower shot
Newton 01957-09-1616 September 1957 12.000 !12 kt Balloon shot
Rainier 01957-09-1919 September 1957 01.700 !1.7 kt Tunnel shot. First US underground nuclear test.
Whitney 01957-09-2323 September 1957 19.000 !19 kt Tower shot
Charleston 01957-09-2828 September 1957 12.000 !12 kt Balloon shot
Morgan 01957-10-077 October 1957 08.000 !8 kt Balloon Shot

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