Also: "From 1951 to 1957, the United States military and the Atomic Energy Commission collaborated in a series of human radiation experiments called the Desert

Also: "From 1951 to 1957, the United States military and the Atomic Energy Commission collaborated in a series of human radiation experiments called the Desert Rock exercises." It seems they ordered soldiers to observe the explosion and then march through the site. http://www.strangerdimensions.com/2012/07/09/the-united-states-desert-rock-exercises-of-1951/ http://www.strangerdimensions.com/2012/07/09/the-united-stat... The voice of the announcer in the video after the detonation: "these experiments are designed to dispel much of fear and uncertainty surrounding atomic radiation" "only 10% of injuries are due to the gamma rays" The report of one of the soldiers: http://www.angelfire.com/tx/atomicveteran/my-story.html http://www.angelfire.com/tx/atomicveteran/my-story.html "When getting a reading almost anywhere near Ground Zero the Geiger needle just lay over on the maximum, so we started not to pay much attention to whatever the reading was on those Geiger Counters."