# NTS - Plumbob - Stokes test with Goodyear ZSG-3 blimp

- By: USDOE
- Date: 1957-08-07
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: This image is available from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office Photo Library under ID 1409. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required.
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NTS_-_Plumbob_-_Stokes_test_with_Goodyear_ZSG-3_blimp.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
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- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

PLUMBBOB/STOKES/dirigible – Nevada test Site, August 7, 1957. The tail, or “After” section of a U.S. Navy Goodyear ZSG-3 Blimp is shown with the Stokes cloud in background. The dirigible was in temporary free flight in excess of five miles from ground zero when collapsed by the shock wave from the blast. The airship was unmanned and was used in military effects experiments on blast and heat. On ground to the left are remains of the forward section.