Editing Goldsboro, North Carolina (section)

===Nuclear accident===
{{Main|1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash}}
In 1961, two 3.8 [[TNT equivalent|megaton]] [[hydrogen bombs]] were dropped accidentally on the village of [[Faro, North Carolina|Faro]], {{convert|12|mi}} north of Goldsboro, after a [[1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash|B-52 aircraft broke up in mid air]]. The two [[Mark 39 nuclear bomb]]s were released after the crew abandoned a [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bomber which had suffered mid-flight [[structural failure]]. Both bombs went through several steps in the arming sequence, but neither detonated.<ref>{{cite web | title=Nuclear Mishap in Goldsboro| work=Broken Arrow: Goldsboro, NC (2000)| url=http://www.ibiblio.org/bomb/ | access-date=June 14, 2005}}</ref> One bomb was recovered. Although much of the second bomb was also recovered, a missing piece containing uranium was believed to have sunk deep into the swampy earth and could not be recovered. The piece remains in land that the Air Force eventually purchased in order to prevent any land use or digging.<ref>{{cite web |title=January 1961 - Bombs Over Goldsboro |work=This Month in North Carolina History, University of North Carolina Libraries |url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/jan2008/index.html |access-date=April 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228001711/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/jan2008/index.html |archive-date=December 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, it was revealed that three safety mechanisms on one bomb had failed, leaving just one low-voltage switch preventing detonation.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/20/usaf-atomic-bomb-north-carolina-1961 "USAF Atomic Bomb in North Carolina 1961"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', September 20, 2013.</ref>