Nevada Test Site
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| Type | Place |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Nevada National Security Site |
| On the Timeline | 4 events, 1953–2016 |
The Nevada Test Site, renamed the Nevada National Security Site in 2010, is a U.S. Department of Energy reservation in Nye County, Nevada, about 105 km (65 miles) northwest of Las Vegas, where the United States carried out most of its nuclear weapons tests from 1951 to 1992. [1]
Establishment
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President Harry Truman authorised the site on 18 December 1950, setting aside about 1,760 km² (680 square miles) of the Nellis Air Force gunnery and bombing range. It was called the Nevada Proving Ground until 1955. The site now covers about 3,500 km² (1,350 square miles).[1]
Nuclear tests
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The first test, part of Operation Ranger, was a bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat on 27 January 1951. About 100 atmospheric tests followed, the last on 17 July 1962. In all, 928 announced nuclear tests were carried out at the site, 828 of them underground, most at Yucca Flat. The last, code-named Divider, took place on 23 September 1992. Since then the United States has observed a halt to nuclear testing, although it has carried out more than 27 "subcritical" experiments at the site.[1]
Fallout and protests
Fallout from the atmospheric tests drifted over communities downwind, especially in Utah, and has been linked to increased cancer rates; the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 offered payments to affected "downwinders". The site was also a focus of anti-nuclear protest: government records list 536 demonstrations between 1986 and 1994, with more than 15,000 arrests.[1]
Operations
Defence contractors including EG&G helped run the site during the testing era. It is now managed for the National Nuclear Security Administration by a private consortium.[1][2]
On the UAP Timeline
- Garrison, Utah crash and burial claim (1953) (20 May 1953) — An anonymous Air Force official claims a craft crashed and was buried near Garrison, Utah.
- EG&G Special Projects manager meeting (2005) (5 December 2005) — A former Nevada Test Site manager tells Vallée, Puthoff and Davis about secret work.
- Pahute Mesa vault claim (5 April 2014) — Steven Greer claims a rogue group hides money in a vault at Pahute Mesa.
- Area 6 (5 March 2016) — The nuclear security agency publicly describes Area 6 activities in Nevada for the first time.
References
- Nevada Test Site — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- EG&G — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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