Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo shows the mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Shigeo Motoyama, a senior official of the Nagasaki Marine Observatory, said that judging by a steep jump in air pressure recorded by equipment located 4 kilometers from ground zero on the day of the bombing, the bomb could have been dropped at around 10:52 a.m., 10 minutes earlier than the current official time of 11:02 a.m.

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