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ON June 1, 1974, an explosion of unprecedented magnitude occurred at the Nypro plant at Flixborough, Lincolnshire. A considerable blast wave was produced and evidence is presented here to show that this wave penetrated the atmosphere to ionospheric heights. Our purpose is to report these major ionospheric disturbances since they may yield information regarding the time sequence of the explosion and the amplitude of the blast wave that it created.
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JONES, T., SPRACKLEN, C. Ionospheric effects of the Flixborough explosion. Nature 250, 719–720 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250719a0
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