--- title: "5 Bomb Quotes By Annie Jacobsen" description: "5 Bomb quotes by Annie Jacobsen. Plus more from Annie Jacobsen and more Bomb sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/annie-jacobsen-9277_back_back-in-the-1950s-there-was-a-top-secret_395208.jpg" --- > [Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/back-in-the-1950s-there-was-a-top-secret-program-code-named-suntan/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/annie-jacobsen-9277_back_back-in-the-1950s-there-was-a-top-secret_395208.jpg) > [You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/you-can-absolutely-drive-through-an-atmospheric-bomb-test-and-not-be/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/annie-jacobsen-9277_absolutely_you-can-absolutely-drive-through-an-atmo_480245.jpg) > [On the morning of January 17, 1966, a real-life dirty bomb crisis occurred over Palomares, Spain. A Strategic Air Command bomber flying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/on-the-morning-of-january-17-1966-a-real-life-dirty-bomb-crisis/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/annie-jacobsen-9277_air_on-the-morning-of-january-17-1966-a-real_1527850.jpg) > [To understand how black projects began, and how they continue to function today, one must start with the creation of the atomic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/to-understand-how-black-projects-began-and-how-they-continue-to/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/annie-jacobsen-9277_about_to-understand-how-black-projects-began-a_1835176.jpg) > [In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/in-1957-with-the-arms-race-in-full-swing-the-department-of-defense/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b76/annie-jacobsen-9277_airplane_in-1957-with-the-arms-race-in-full-swing_2036053.jpg) ## Other authors on Bomb ## More by Annie Jacobsen > [Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/anyone-who-s-read-my-terror-in-the-skies-series-knows-that-i-have-not/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [“Over the next five years, DARPA’s biohybrid programs advanced at an astonishing pace. Microprocessor technology was doubling in capacity every eighteen months. By June…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/over-the-next-five-years-darpa-s-biohybrid-programs-advanced-at-an/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [The activities that went on at Camp King between 1946 and the late 1950s have never been fully accounted for by either the Department…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/the-activities-that-went-on-at-camp-king-between-1946-and-the-late/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [“By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Eisenhower’s test ban had failed, and the United States and the Soviet Union had both returned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/by-the-time-of-the-cuban-missile-crisis-eisenhower-s-test-ban-had/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [“By contrast, Dresher and Flood found that the minority of game players who refused to testify against their criminal partner were almost always of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/by-contrast-dresher-and-flood-found-that-the-minority-of-game-players/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [“To address strength and endurance issues, Goldblatt initiated a program called the Mechanically Dominant Soldier. What if soldiers could have ten times the muscle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/to-address-strength-and-endurance-issues-goldblatt-initiated-a/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [The area out at Area 51 that was part of the Operation Plumbbob test continues to be contaminated. It was not cleaned up until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/the-area-out-at-area-51-that-was-part-of-the-operation-plumbbob-test/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [I'm not an aviation historian, I'm not an Air Force aficionado, and I'm definitely not a ufologist. I'm not someone who studies UFOs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/i-m-not-an-aviation-historian-i-m-not-an-air-force-aficionado-and-i-m/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective? To develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/back-in-the-1950s-there-was-a-top-secret-program-code-named-suntan/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/in-the-winter-of-1973-the-american-pows-held-captive-in-vietnam-were/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [I examined a lot of CIA declassified UFO files, which are fascinating, because there was a huge UFO craze going on in America. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/i-examined-a-lot-of-cia-declassified-ufo-files-which-are-fascinating/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/you-can-absolutely-drive-through-an-atmospheric-bomb-test-and-not-be/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [“The war in Europe was over. Germans called it die Stunde Null, zero hour. Cities lay in ruins. Allied bombing had destroyed more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/the-war-in-europe-was-over-germans-called-it-die-stunde-null-zero/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [“Poindexter’s background was in submarines, and there was an analogy here, he told Tether. Submarines emit sound signals as they move through the sea.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/poindexter-s-background-was-in-submarines-and-there-was-an-analogy/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) > [The problem is the myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the record about what actually happened there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-jacobsen/the-problem-is-the-myths-of-area-51-are-hard-to-dispute-if-no-one-can/) [Annie Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-jacobsen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/annie-jacobsen/#itemlist", "name": "5 Bomb Quotes By Annie Jacobsen", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. 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