Question: What could have happened if a nuclear bomb from the 1961 Goldsboro incident had detonated?
Answer: Air Force Lt. Jack ReVelle, quoted in a May 2020 Our State magazine article, stated that had either bomb detonated, the blast could have killed an estimated 28,000 and injured another 26,000. He said it could have also created a “bay of North Carolina, completely changing the configuration of the East Coast of the United States” by impacting towns such as Eureka, Kinston, Wilson, Greenville, Mount Olive, and Rocky Mount, then spreading northeast via prevailing winds.
