United Press International Supersonic Bull's Eye

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GLC#
GLC09677.54-View header record
Type
Images
Date
15 September 1960
Author/Creator
United Press International
Title
Supersonic Bull's Eye
Place Written
White Sands, New Mexico
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 23 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Sixties

One wirephoto released by United Press International dated September 15, 1960. This photo is a composite of three images. Two images are missiles launching. The middle image is of an explosion. The attached press release explains that the explosion pictured was caused by the collision of the two pictured missiles 19 miles over White Sands. The missiles were launched as a test of the program, and the Hercules missile system. The back is stamped with United Press International information.

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