After Oppenheimer tested his first nuclear bomb, local newspapers were fed a lie to explain the blast. The massive blast of the Trinity nuclear test was explained away as an ammo dump explosion. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Here's the full text of the New Mexico's Clovis News-Journal article from July 16, 1945:Blast occurs at Alamogordo Army Air BaseALAMOGORDO, N.M., July 16. N --- William O. Eareckson, commanding officer of the Alamogordo army air base made the following statement today: "Several inquiries have been received concerning a heavy explosion which occurred on the Alamogordo Air Base this morning.

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