Coffee With Jeff

Once upon a time, the world trembled at the thought of Nuclear war. Between the 1950 and the 1970s, every child was taught what to do in case the big one fell. We were all told that the bombs would come from an evil enemy many miles away. Little did we know we were all in danger of our own government dropping one on its own people. Today we have 5 stories of atomic bombs dropped on American soil. Show notes and links: 9 Tales of Broken Arrows: Thermonuclear Near Misses Throughout History (history.com) 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash – Nuclear catastrophe narrowly averted (youtube.com) 8 Nuclear Weapons the U.S. Has Lost (mentalfloss.com) Accident Convair B-36B-15-CF Peacemaker 44-92075, 14 Feb 1950 (aviation-safety.net) 1950 British Columbia B-36 crash (wikipedia.org) U.S. soldier buried six decades after his bomber crashed while carrying a ‘nuclear bomb’ on top secret Cold War mission (dailymail.co.uk) Accidental Mars Bluff bombing survivor dies at 92 | Local News (scnow.com) 1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear