Government / Military

Norris Bradbury

1949

Physicist and second director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (1945-1970), succeeding Robert Oppenheimer. Participated in the classified February 1949 conference on the green fireball phenomenon, pushing back on Teller's analysis by noting light could come from chemical sources rather than kinetic energy alone.

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Connections (2)

confirmedGreen Fireballs (1948-1951)

participated in the classified conference on the phenomenon

Source: Green fireball / Project Twinkle history; Feb 1949 Los Alamos conference

confirmedLincoln LaPaz

briefed him and other Los Alamos scientists at the classified conference

Source: Green fireball / Project Twinkle history; Feb 1949 Los Alamos conference

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