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IS~3iff{I""C'?EIJ LATA ~tomic Energy Act 195~ 
NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER 19 JANUARY 1966, ~ :30 PM EST 
SPECIAL SITUATION REPORT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE 
B-52/KC-135 ACCIDENT IN SOUTHEASTERN SPAIN 
The following information is furnished on the recovery and search operations for the weapons from the E-52/KC-135 c~a&h in soutte&stern Spain. 
One weapon was located 200 yard~ from the shoreline and recovered intact. The weapon did not break up, and there are no radiation effectf in the area. 
A se·...:c:--·d weapon was located in a vegetable garden 
il.1 Pueblo Falamares approximately two miles noi""'tr..west of the f5rst. The weapon was broken up to the extent that radiation frorr: fragi11.'2'1t3 of plutonium in the weapon has been monitored in ~he ~.nrr.-1ed2.ate area. Fragments are being removed and 3tc.nda.rd decorrtarnination practices are underv.:ay. The veget2bles ~r the garden are being bought and destroyed. 
The third weapon was ·lo cated in a rocky uninhabited area ~bout or;e mile west of P-.ieblo Pal ama res. The weapon is in a 
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s-!'n..ar COC lvlOr, vO vOe secon weapon . 
All areas where weapons or components are located are 
und~r gu~u-~ . 
Tt-,e r·emainlr.g weapon ( fourtl~) is still unaccounted for a r1d 1.~ fearch for ·it ls conti1"Juing. 
T:-:e era sh f: i te area is located in a very sparsely populated, remote srea of Spain . 
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