OCR Text |
Show THE ZEPHYR/ APRIL-MAY 2004 been uncertain of possible on-board weapons? Is that why the area was closed? To search for a missing hydrogen bomb? The Air Force steadfastly denied that any nuclear weapons were on board FELON 22. JUDY POWERS For decades, the rumors of hydrogen bombs were no more than that. But in 1992, The Deseret News conducted a probe of the crash, after a Senate study “listed the Monticello crash site as one of 29 possible nuclear ‘weapons accidents’ sites nationwide.” According to the Deseret News, “A deputy assistant secretary of defense then testified that 29 accidents had indeed actually involved bombs, but did not verify they happened at exactly the 29 sites listed in the Senate study. The official later scheduled but canceled interviews to clarif whether a bomb was aboard in the Utah accident.” : Four years later, an inquiry from a Monticello resident to the Air Force drew a brief reply: “The information we obtained from several Air Force Safety Agencies confirmed that an aircraft crashed in the time frame mentioned in your letter; however, they assured us that Sycacral upg, The REALTOR who knows what's gi ii 7 of REALLY ons ern Moab. See Judy ‘flitting about' in celebration of a new spring! Remember! Life is short. Laugh hard. Sf gp 1/ ae A Aw, & Ve Be ARCHES REALTY X : 150 E. Center St. Moab. UT 84532 ti, = : Sa : ae BUS: 435.259.5693 Closeup of the B-52's left wing and landing gear. 800.634.0770 CELL: 260.9553 judy@moabproperties.com (Each office is independently owned and operated) Today, little wreckage remains at the main crash site, which I found just a few months ago. Three miles south, a part of the wing survives, almost intact. For years, at the impact point, jet fuel stained the adjacent sandstone butte, but wind and rain and the passage have time have finally worn it away. But if you look closely enough, small twisted pieces of Fs e aluminum and fiber-glass litter the sage brush. And bits of broken black glass, from what a. was once the cockpit instrument display panel still survive. Some of the glass reveals letters and numbers that once gave vital flight data to the crew of FELON 22. Now they're 2 2 EE : HIGH : an DESERT es ARDENS S IT'S BEEN A LONG WINTER AND WE NEED TO SEE (<2) = (=) PS SOME GREEN!!! ly fi (=?) pa That's right...We need you to come out here and SPEND SOME MONEY!!! ay (-5 2971 §. Hwy 191 (next to the Branding Iro. 435.259.4531 TREES mh dtob Ses carpe. Fc & BUSHES TWO PEACE TREES ARE BETTER THAN ONE Just ask Mahatma Gandhii and Jimmie Carter s (NOW A SECOND LOCATION IN MONTICELLO) WHIPPLE PLUMBING 5 2 , & HEATING “Serving Moab & Monticello since 1980" Ute Lede eA YARD IRRIGATION SYSTEMS eesti MOO) tal eye 1 bi 16-0] WRAP SANDWICHES ORGANIC ESPRESSO Moab: 435.259.6997 Monticello: 20 §. MAIN ST...MOAB...259.8503 YEP...THE SAME GOOD STUFF HERE. 485.587.2864 516 N. MAIN ST...MONTICELLO | PAGE 21 | Pf fe ee As I kicked a crumpled piece aluminum with my foot, I saw a small glass shard, less than an inch across. One word was clearly visible. It said: FIRE. | incomplete and unreadable—all but one tiny fragment. |