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The Lost Bomb of Palomares
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Science Gone WrongApr 28, 2026

The Lost Bomb of Palomares

The Lost Bomb of Palomares January 1966. A US B-52 crashed midair over Spain. Four hydrogen bombs fell from the sky. Two cracked open on farmland. Plutonium dusted about 2 square kilometers of tomatoes. One bomb vanished into the Mediterranean. The Navy searched 80 days to find it.

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