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> [I will go only so far as to say that I knew what an atom was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tibbets/i-will-go-only-so-far-as-to-say-that-i-knew-what-an-atom-was/)

Paul Tibbets

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## More by Paul Tibbets

> [I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it, and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tibbets/i-m-proud-that-i-was-able-to-start-with-nothing-plan-it-and-have-it/)

Paul Tibbets

> [I will go only so far as to say that I knew what an atom was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tibbets/i-will-go-only-so-far-as-to-say-that-i-knew-what-an-atom-was/)

Paul Tibbets

> [A bright light filled the plane. The first shock-wave hit us. We were eleven and a half miles slant range from the atomic explosion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tibbets/a-bright-light-filled-the-plane-the-first-shock-wave-hit-us-we-were/)

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