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To: Reverend Wright
I'm just as concerned over the Goldsboro Broken Arrow of 1961. They know exactly where it is, but they are unable to retrieve it. It landed in a farmer's field. Never heard a good explanation of that. Then there's the USS Scorpion also—two warheads. The USS Thresher still holds nuclear fuel. Others?

5 posted on 04/29/2026 8:45:37 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

To the extent that wiki is a valid source here, looks like they recovered one of the Goldsboro bombs intact.

But the other one the parachute didn’t open and it hit at full speed and broke up.

They think there is a piece at ~180 feet well below the water table, but they are not sure about the depth, and they don’t know the location.

So that is the part assessed as “unrecoverable”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash


8 posted on 04/29/2026 10:51:12 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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