What the H- Bomb?

On the night of February 4-5, 1958 there was an interesting occurance in the Tybee Island area. A B-47 bomber left Homestead Air Force Base in Florida with a Mark 15 Mod 0 thermonuclear bomb on board. The Mark 15 Mod 0 was one of our earliest thermonuclear bombs and weighing in at 7,600 pounds. It was designed with a plutonium triggier to set off the uranium and hydrogen cores. The plutonium trigger was removable. At about 3:30 a.m. the bomber collided with an F86 fighter jet in midair. The fighter jet pilot was able to bail out and the fighter crashed. The bomber crew diverted to Hunter Army Airbase near Savannah and made three attempts to land. The military states the bomber was damaged and unable to reduce airspeed enough to ensure a safe landing. Permission was given to jettison the weapon to prevent a conventional explosion on landing at Hunter Army Airbase. The bomber flew back out to Wassaw Sound off Tybee beach and at an altitude of 7,200 feet released the bomb. The bomber then returned and landed safely at Hunter. The military spent the next two months searching a three square mile area off Tybee beach looking for the bomb. After that two month period the search was terminated and the bomb declared irretrievably lost.

The Pentagon states that the bomb that was lost did not contain the plutonium trigger and was never in any danger of exploding. The locals at the time tended to discount the allegation that it was a training exercise with an inoperative bomb. If that was the case why did the military spend two months and enormous manpower looking for a training device. Howard Nixon who was a crew chief in charge of loading nuclear weapons on planes at Hunter Army Airbase says he never loaded a nuclear bomb during that time period without installing the nuclear detonating device. Personally what happened at Hunter doesn't address any issue in this case since the flight originated at Homestead in Florida. It does give conspiracy people something to ponder.

One thing is clear, The military dropped a device in the water off Tybee beach that was either a nuclear bomb or a training device for nuclear bomb practice. What is the truth? It is out there in the muck most likely buried 20 feet or more down. The only thing that makes me wonder is the 2 months spent looking for it. If it wasn't important and likely dangerous why bother? So if you are bored come on down to Tybee. Rent a boat and bring a long metal rod to poke in the muck. Maybe you will find the long lost bomb. On a side note doesn't it make the likelihood of finding the lost Malasian Air flight even more unlikely to happen. The water here is in the humdreds of feet deep, where they are looking in the thousands. There was a general idea where this bomb went. We really only have guesses where that plane went down. Some things are forever a mystery.