Interesting! I noticed in the second clipping they said something about "gas shells exploded in the blast" ... were they trying to sneakily warn people of fallout?
Clippings from the El Paso Herald-Post, July 16th, 1945, contained in a Manhattan Project file folder simply labeled, "Security." Eyewitness: "The surrounding countryside was illuminated like daylight for about three seconds. Then, it was dark again. The experience scared me."pic.twitter.com/zWeECpU0d5
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More that they were giving themselves cover if they did need to evacuate anyone (which they ended up not needing to do).
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The guy I spoke with who drove down highway 380 that morning was told by the military that it was poison gas; paper reported ammo depot explosion & he didn't learn about nukes till after Hiroshima/Nagasaki https://www.popsci.com/survivors-americas-first-atomic-test-want-their-place-in-history …pic.twitter.com/AvOnu0I47g
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Hee hee, I worked as a High School Football stringer reporter for that paper in the early ‘70s. My best friend was the Sports Editor. Sadly The Herald Post is no more.
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@NuclearAnthro is running a thread on this as wellThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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