In 1958, a U.S. Air Force B 47 accidentally dropped a Mark 6 nuclear weapon near the Gregg family's home in Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Fortunately, its nuclear material was stored separately aboard the aircraft, making a nuclear explosion impossible. But the bomb still contained conventional explosives, which detonated on impact. The blast created a crater roughly 70 feet across, devastated the Gregg property, and injured six family members, though none seriously. The family later appeared on I've Got a Secret with one incredible secret: an atomic bomb had fallen on their home. #HistoryTidbits #ColdWar #AmericanHistory #NuclearHistory
In 1958, a U.S. Air Force B 47 accidentally dropped a Mark 6 nuclear weapon near the Gregg family's home in Mars Bluff, South Carolina.
Fortunately, its nuclear material was stored separately aboard the aircraft, making a nuclear explosion impossible. But the bomb still contained conventional explosives, which detonated on impact. The blast created a crater roughly 70 feet across, devastated the Gregg property, and injured six family members, though none seriously.
The family later appeared on I've Got a Secret with one incredible secret: an atomic bomb had fallen on their home.
#HistoryTidbits #ColdWar #AmericanHistory #NuclearHistory

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