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IN A REMOTE AREA. 
OF HE RESIDUE RECOVERED. 
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Tf-£ TAIL WITH PILOT CHUTE PULLED OUT AND CROUNJ IMPACT DAMA~ FOUND 
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BEEN FOUND. THE SECONDARY WAS FOUND W!TH 
RE SERV 11 R FOUND ON EDGE OF IMPACT CRATER--COND IT ION UNKNOWN. 
SOW£ FUZ ING AND FIR ING COMPONENTS RECOVERED, INCLUDING READY SAFE 
SEITCH. FOSITION OF READY SAFE SWITCH CAN ONLY BE DETERMINOE BY 

.LATER POST MORTEM ... WEAPON THREE: APPARENT LOW ORDER DETONATION ON 
IMPACT WITHIN 200 FEET OF INHABITED STRUCTURES. 


.OF HE RES IDUE RECOVERED. ONE RUPT UREO RE SERVO IR .. . BELIEVED TO BE FROM THIS WEAPON ABO APPROXIMATELY . ONE THOUSAND YARDS FRCM WEAPON IMPACT POINT. NO FUZING AND FIRING 1 COMPONENTS · RECOJERED AS YET 
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5. WEAPON RESIDUE  FROM  THREE  WEAPONS  ARE  TO  BE  SHIPPED  VIA  TRUCK  

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