"On the morning of January 17, 1966, a real-life dirty bomb crisis occurred over Palomares, Spain. A Strategic Air Command bomber flying with four armed hydrogen Bombs - with yields between 70 kilotons and 1.45 megatons - collided midair with a refueling tanker over the Spanish countryside."

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Annie Jacobsen is an American investigative journalist and author known for books on national security, military history, and intelligence, including Area 51. Her reporting work has spanned print journalism and documentary television projects.

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