PROJECT GNOME :-1200 Feet Underground Nuclear Test

Project GNOME was part of Operation Nougat, a 45-test series conducted at the Nevada Test Site from September 15, 1961 through June 30, 1962, except for the GNOME test. The 3-kiloton GNOME test was detonated 1200 feet underground in a salt bed formation on December 10, 1961, near Carlsbad, New Mexico. There were 48 subsurface experiments involved, making GNOME the most heavily instrumented seismic nuclear test in history. This testing provided valuable data for both the Plowshare and Vela Uniform Programs.

GNOME was the first nuclear test in the Plowshare Program. The Plowshare Program objectives were to determine how energy produced from nuclear explosions could be used for peaceful or civilian purposes. The Vela Uniform Program studied seismic detection, identification, and location of nuclear explosions. Studies were conducted underground with ground-based instruments for detecting explosions in outer space and with established satellite-based instruments for detecting explosions in outer space.

Although GNOME was a Plowshare test, the Vela Uniform objective was to determine how the signals and effects of a 3-kiloton device detonated underground in salt beds differed from the outputs of detonations of different yields in other geologic formations such as tuff and granite. Scientists also wanted to compare the seismic signals from underground tests with that of earthquakes.

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[denniswofford]

Am I the only one who thinks of Dr. Strangelove’s final rant when hearing Edward Teller speak at the end of the film?

[peluchefps]

"Core specimens are collected and placed into special shipping containers"
_Proceeds to put a plastic bag into a DIY wood box_

[michaeldomansky]

I have been to the Gnome site twice! Cool experience!

[ricdintino]

I was really starting to worry that Edward Teller would be narrating the whole damn thing. Dodged THAT bullet.

[jasonstauffer]

"unexpected high level of radiation" LOL

[pjousma]

Love these uploads, we were so naive.

[pytynyby]

Wow, what an amazing "experiment". The whole vibe of this thing wants you to be part of it. Yet I am still a bit suspicious whether mankind made this huge leap in knowledge by creating a "cavity" somewhere in the desert. The mad scientist seems to be convinced.

[wesleywright]

Thanks for showing and sharing our past! We can all look back and say this or that! Wether you personally believe it was right or wrong! It's our history! And remember some of you probably were not even born yet! Our ignorance about atomic energy through these test was a tool! And we learned at a cost! Some good some not so good! But it's the past! And personally I enjoy seeing this stuff and thank all who want to show us it!

[patrickspringer]

It hasn't even started yet and people are hitting the dislike button. Amazing.

[rickhobson]

I think there's a special place in Hell for Edward Teller, considering that he threw Robert Oppenheimer under the bus.

[Indrid__Cold]

25:03 Either of his eyebrows would do a big man's upper lip proud!

[DirtyLilHobo]

Back in the day when $1.10/hr was considered a really good wage.. Practicing Duck & Cover was a normal routine in schools.. A new car was around $2, 500.. Gasoline was 24 cents/gal... A loaf of bread was 20 cents.. The promise of unlimited nuclear energy was at hand...

[maksphoto]

45 tests at Nevada site! Jesus, no wonder it looks so pockmarked from aerial and space photos.

[michaelsublet]

We can build a lake overnight with easy to catch fish that glow in the dark...

[positionthepositron]

So we made a lot of these and use them for hardened bunkers now? Good idea.

[charlesachurch]

Optimism is not necessarily a virtue.

[SuperScottCrawford]

"Simpson! Stack these sandbags against the wall."
"What? Why?? You know there's a nuke 50 feet away that we're about to detonate right? Why the random labor?"
"Do it. Now! And have Davis help you."

[EmersonCapuano]

1:34 Upset 🤣💦.
Awesome.

Thanks 4 sharing 🙂👍

[ernestoortega]

I live literally 30 miles from this site

[flyairvans]

I wonder how much of this has to do with the massive sinkhole in the town