Nuclear Device Still Missing
(N.Z.P.A. Reuter —Copyright) MADRID, Feb. 9. Security precautions will be heightened in the area near Palomares where an American nuclear bomber crashed last month, a spokesman Tor the Spanish Information Ministry said yesterday.
Because of what the Ministry spokesman called “sensational reports” appearing in the foreign press, no-one will be allowed into the region unless he has proper credentials.
Meanwhile, red nags flutter over areas where American Air Force men have not yet completed their painstaking examination of the crops to ensure that there is absolutely no danger of any radia tion contamination. After passing through an area, investigation teams mark it with white flags. Underwater Search Offshore, the midget submarine Alvin has joined the United States Navy's Task Force 65 searching underwater for a missing nuclear device, an informed source said. In unofficial circles, the device is believed to be the
last missing bomb of four a 852 bomber was carrying when it collided with a refuelling craft and fell in flames. The Alvin may start work today.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30981, 10 February 1966, Page 13
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