Comments on: operation teapot photographers

By: I am Nate

I am Nate — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:33:23 +0000

The creativeness of man when trying to destroy eachother will never cease to astound me.

By: mikoyangurevich15

mikoyangurevich15 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:19:47 +0000

My father was present at the seventh above ground test.He was a U.S.Army Master Sergent at the very tail end of his career.His function after the blast was to lead(from about 5 miles out)the troops to within 2 miles of the site after detonation.They faced away from the blast with their arms across their faces in full battle gear in rather shallow entrenchments.After a few minutes they proceeded onward.In the late 60`s he developed leukemia.He survived,but was seriously ill to the end of his days.I have seen a multitude of these early photos and the the young participants of these experiments.I often have wondered what became of these men.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:37:45 +0000

My uncle was involved in a few of these and he has had so many weird cancers. He and several others have a class action lawsuit going to pay all the medical bills that resulted from their exposure to all that radiation.

By: Gilez

Gilez — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:58:36 +0000

If you ever go down to the old las vegas strip…where the chase scenes in Diamonds are Forever were filmed lol… they have placards saying/showing how you could see the a-bomb tests from the hotels….

That’s a tourist attraction right there!

By: Stolid

Stolid — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:45:57 +0000

I like the video of the test where the missile was supposed to launch and go down range, but exploded directly overhead… now THOSE were some athletic nerds..

By: Caio

Caio — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:10 +0000

Once I saw a youtube video of a 50s newsreel in which they invited the press to watch a test, and then had a buffet afterwards, and toured the houses they had set up near the blast. It was pretty fucked.

By: mightywombat

mightywombat — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:54:28 +0000

That’s what killed my grandpa. He was right there. Got cancer of the everything afterwards.

*sigh*

By: DasMaus

DasMaus — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:14:51 +0000

“yeah, the scientists are much closer and they’re the experts, after all they’re SCIENTISTS so how could they possibly be wrong?”

By: DasMaus

DasMaus — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:02:29 +0000

“of course it’s perfectly safe, look how far away we are”

By: mgear

mgear — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:06:52 +0000

I can just imagine: “Hey this film’s exposed and I forgot to hit the shutter!”