Two Nukes Were Dropped On NC In 1961, One of 32 Such Incidents

A cruel fate was miraculously avoided

Feeling anxious? It was a lot worse in the 1960s!

One of the inspirations for “Slender Threads” on Substack was when I discovered that a B-52 bomber carrying two four-megaton hydrogen bombs crashed near Goldsboro, North Carolina on January 23, 1961. Miraculously, neither bomb detonated.

I was a small child living in rural, central NC when this crash happ…