|
Year
|
Country
|
|
Status
|
Location
|
|
1950
|
United States
|
No
|
Never Found
|
British Columbia
|
|
1950
|
United States
|
No
|
Exploded (Non Nuclear), Nuclear Components Recovered
|
|
|
1950
|
United States
|
No
|
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
|
Lebanon, Ohio
|
|
1950
|
United States
|
No
|
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
|
|
|
1950
|
United States
|
No
|
Jettisoned, Exploded (Non Nuclear), Covered Up Until 1980s
|
|
|
1956
|
United States
|
Unknown
|
"Nuclear Bomb Materials",
Plane Disappeared,
Never Found
|
Mediterranean Sea
|
|
1957
|
United States
|
No
|
Accidentally Dropped,
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
|
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
|
1957
|
United States
|
No
|
Two Jettisoned, Never Found
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
|
1958
|
United States
|
No
|
|
Savannah, Georgia
|
|
1958
|
United States
|
|
Emergency Release Lever Accidentally Pushed, Exploded (Non Nuclear), Destroyed Home and Injured People
|
Mars Bluff, South Carolina
|
|
1958
|
United States
|
No
|
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
|
Abilene, Texas
|
|
1958
|
United States
|
No
|
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
|
|
|
1961
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Two Dropped, One Nearly Detonated (Nuclear), Other Destroyed While Armed, Still At The Site
|
|
|
1961
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Two Thermonuclear Dropped, Both Not Armed, Heavily Damaged and Recovered. Both Fissile Cores Broke Off
|
|
|
1964
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Two Thermonuclear Dropped, Broke Apart, Recovered
|
|
|
1965
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Live Thermonuclear Bomb in Jet Fell Off Aircraft Carrier, Never Found
|
100km from Kikai Island, Japan or 130km from the Ryukyu Islands
|
|
1966
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Four Thermonuclear Bombs Dropped, Two Exploded
(Non Nuclear) On Land, One Recovered On Land, One Recovered In Sea
|
Near Spain, Mediterranean Sea
|
|
1968
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Four Thermonuclear Bombs, All Exploded (Non Nuclear), Nuclear Payload Scattered
|
Wolstenholme Bay, Greenland
|
|
1968
|
Soviet Union
|
Yes
|
Two Nuclear Missiles Lost On Submarine, May Have Been Recovered By CIA
|
40°6'N 179°57'E, Pacific Ocean
|
|
1968
|
United States
|
Yes
|
Two Nuclear Warheads Lost On Submarine, Still On The Sea Floor
|
750km Southwest of the Azores, Portugal
|
|
1970
|
Soviet Union
|
Yes
|
Four Nuclear Torpedoes On Submarine Sank, Still On Sea Floor
|
|
|
1977
|
Soviet Union
|
Yes
|
One Nuclear Torpedo Lost, Recovered
|
Kamchatka, Russia
|
|
1986
|
Soviet Union
|
Yes
|
16 Torpedoes Lost, Never Recovered
|
Hatteras Abyssal Plain, Atlantic Ocean
|
|