[0:16:41 - 0:16:56] And he was on loan to the Atomic Energy Commission, out at Frenchman's flats in Nevada at the time. And he was assessing damage done to bridges and different types of buildings that were subjected to atomic bond tests from different heights.

[0:21:09 - 0:21:22] The story began late one night in 1953 at Frenchman's flat Nevada. The man had been working as a consultant on blast effects of atom bombs when he was suddenly ordered to report for a new mission.