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3.4 KiB
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63 lines
3.4 KiB
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SUBJECT: PROJECT ARGUS AND THE RAINBOW BOMBS FILE: UFO2657
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PROJECT ARGUS and the RAINBOW BOMBS
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR DETONATIONS IN SPACE
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Around 1958, the significant implications of the Earth's magnetic
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fields and radiation belts for future military activities were what
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drew the attention of government physicists. Nicholas Christofilos, a
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physicist working at the University of California's Livermore Radiation
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Laboratory, developed techniques to harness and control the energy
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released in hydorgen fusion reactions. Christofilos used magnetic
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confinment fields. When the Soviets launched Sputnik I, Christofilos
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decided that the earth's magnetic field could be used to contain an
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artificial band of relativistic electrons. He speculated that this
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artificial radiation belt could be made intense enough to destroy
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satellites in orbit. The belt would produce worldwide radio noise on
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the HF and VHF radio bands that carried the bulk of military
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communications. By accurately calculating the site for an explosion of
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a nuclear device, it's effects could be made to occur over a specific
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target area. Christofilos urged that the government test his postulates
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by exploding a nuclear device in space. Christofilos superiors at
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Livermore placed his papers under top security control and advised the
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President's Science Advisory group of the matter. The resulting program
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became Project Argus.
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PROJECT ARGUS TESTS
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Explosion Locale Date Yield Altitude
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Argus I South Atlantic Aug 27, 1958 1KT 200KM
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Argus II South Atlantic Aug 30, 1958 1KT 250KM
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Argus III South Atlantic Sept 6, 1958 1KT 500KM
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POST-ARGUS TESTING ACTIONS
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Starfish Johnston Island July, 9 1962 1.4KT 400KM
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SOVIET NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS IN SPACE
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USSR Siberia Oct 22, 1962 200KT UNK
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USSR Siberia Oct 28, 1962 800KT UNK
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USSR Siberia Nov 1, 1962 1+MT UNK
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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