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popularmechanics.com > military > a73/35/5695 > b52-crash-hydrogen-bombs-goldsboro-north-carolina

A B-52 Accidentally Lost Two Hydrogen Bombs Over North Carolina. One Nearly Detonated. One Is Still Buried.

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1406+ words) The night that dumb luck may have saved America. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT on January 24, 1961, 18-year-old Billy Reeves came home from his late shift, kicked off his boots, and looked up just in time to see a B-52 falling out of the…...