Atomic Bomb Explodes in the United States

By Elton Camp It was no test made underground A mushroom cloud and loud sound Nor was it in some distant, foreign place Where only a few islanders had to face The explosion was visible in the air By those living not far from there Radiation into the atmosphere did fan Ignition was part of a deliberate plan It was not a foreign, terrorist plot Yet, with unknown danger fraught This is an outrage! you say? Yet, it took place just that way Is this a secret that is unauthorized The president outraged & surprised? One that public panic could create If others this report should relate? No, but the event is as true as can be Seen by thousands in Nevada, 1953

Watching mushroom cloud from Las Vegas in 1953