Editing Tybee Island, Georgia (section)

===Tybee Bomb===
{{main|1958 Tybee Island B-47 crash}}
On February 5, 1958, a [[U.S. Air Force]] [[B-47 Stratojet]] from [[Homestead Air Force Base]], Florida, jettisoned a [[nuclear weapon]] (specifically, a [[Mark 15 nuclear bomb|Mark 15]] [[hydrogen bomb]]) off the coast of Tybee Island while conducting training exercises with a USAF [[F-86 Sabrejet]]. The aircraft collided, with the pilot of the fighter ejecting and the crew of the bomber making an emergency landing at nearby [[Hunter Air Force Base]]. The lost weapon, known popularly as the "Tybee Bomb", remained a security concern for several years, although the Air Force claims the bomb lacks a nuclear capsule and poses no serious threat.<ref>Air Force Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040211070726/http://www.af.mil/library/posture/savannah.pdf Air Force Search & Recovery Assessment of the 1958 Savannah GA-B47 Accident]." April 12, 2001. Retrieved: September 11, 2008.</ref> In 2004, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant Colonel Derek Duke took part in a private search for the bomb. According to an article in the ''Savannah Morning News'', Duke found that there were "high levels of radiation and unusual magnetometer readings" at a specific point in the [[Wassaw Sound]], just off the Tybee coast.<ref name="savannahnow1">{{cite web |url=http://old.savannahnow.com/stories/061705/3107403.shtml |title=SavannahNOW &#124; Air Force: Duke found dirt - 06/17/2005 |publisher=Old.savannahnow.com |access-date=May 8, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He concluded from these readings that the bomb might be present "at a point just off the southern tip of Little Tybee",<ref name="savannahnow1"/> an undeveloped barrier island 
adjacent to Tybee Island. In response, the Air Force launched a nine-month search for the Tybee bomb in 2004. The search team specifically investigated the area of the Wassaw Sound where Duke had found high radiation levels. The Air Force reported to the media in 2005 that the source of the high radiation was likely [[monazite]], a mineral naturally high in radiation. The ''Morning News'' headline at the time said, "Duke Found Dirt".<ref name="savannahnow1"/>