Atomic Bomb On Moon? U.S. Had Secret Plan To Nuke Moon During Cold War, Media Reports Say [1]

The Huffington Post  |  By Meredith Bennett-Smith

Posted: 11/28/2012 7:52 am EST Updated: 11/28/2012 7:52 am EST

A story that surfaced over a decade ago is making the rounds again this week, as some media outlets are reporting that the U.S. considered detonating an atomic bomb on the moon in an effort to intimidate the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.

On Sunday, the Daily Mail revived the story, citing a 12-year-old interview with physicist Leonard Reiffel, formerly of the U.S. military-backed Armour Research Foundation and later a deputy director of NASA. Celebrated astronomer Carl Sagan also was said to have been involved with the secret project, which reportedly was known as "A Study of Lunar Research Flights" or "Project A119." Sagan died in 1996.

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