Operation Fishbowl - high altitude weapons effects : unclassified original U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of Defense 1956 Electronic resource Available Online Formats Format BibTeX View Download MARCXML View Download TextMARC View Download MARC View Download DublinCore View Download EndNote View Download NLM View Download RefWorks View Download RIS View Download Add to Basket Items Details Title Operation Fishbowl - high altitude weapons effects : unclassified original Author U.S. Department of Energy Imprint Las Vegas, NV : U.S. DOE/Nevada Operations Office, 1956. Language English Description 1 videocassette (28 min, 10 sec) : black and white ; 1/2 in. (VHS). Series Film Declassification Project : 0800063 Note "The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Albuquerque Operatons Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), is committed to making available to the public historically significant films describing various aspects of the U.S. nuclear weapons development program. The process of declassifying these films is an ongoing task. The enclosed fact sheets provide information on each video."Operation Fishbowl, the Department of Defense’s high altitude testing portion of Operation Dominic I, was conducted in the Johnston Island area of the Pacific testing area in 1962. These five weapons-effects tests, launched by Strypi, Thor, and Nike Hercules rockets, were as follows: • STARFISH PRIME, July 9, 400-kilometer altitude, 1.4 megaton • CHECKMATE, October 20, tens of ki lometers altitude, low • BLUEGILL 3 PRIME, October 26, tens of kilometers altitude, submegaton • KINGFISH, November 1, tens of kilometers altitude; submegaton • TIGHTROPE, November 4, tens of kilometers altitude, low Two goals of these tests were to determine if radiation and blast and heat effects of high-altitude detonations were capable of neutralizing an enemy reentry vehicle and capable of determining the blackout effects on radar and communications of various yields and altitudes of bursts. Available Note This is a declassified US Department of Energy video on the Ivy Flats project. Call number Electronic resource Record Appears in CTBTO Library Contributed U.S. Department of Defense Item Details Call Number Electronic resource Browse Subjects Operation Fishbowl Nuclear test sites Cold War. United States of America NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE Video recording Show more subjects... Statistics Metric Views Unique Views From To Interval By Days By Months By Years Update Export