The nuclear accident the Air Force kept secret for nearly three decades

History · Published 8 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: In 1957, a B-36 bomber dropped the largest bomb ever built by the United States over New Mexico. This video explores the details of that forgotten nuclear accident.

For 29 years, the United States Air Force maintained secrecy regarding a 1957 incident involving a B-36 bomber and a massive nuclear weapon in Albuquerque. The details of the event only surfaced in 1986, after the Albuquerque Journal obtained relevant documents through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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