A-Bomb dropped in error in 1958 on Mars Bluff

An atom bomb accidentally dropped (from a height of nearly three miles) from an American B-47. The whole area was soon checked with geiger counters, but no trace of radio-active contamination was reported. It happened at Mars Bluff, a small village in South Carolina. The burst of the conventional high explosive shattered a farm house about a hundred yards from the crater. Several homes were damaged and six people were slightly injured. MS crater. Pan up to house. CU man checks material of radio activity. MS same. LS farm house damaged by bomb. Another shot same. This was an accident - a bomb accidentally dropped from height of 3 miles, farms damaged by explosion but not nuclear, bomb not primed. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork