That Time the Military Accidentally Killed Thousands of Sheep With a Nerve Agent
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On March 13, 1968, a malfunctioning spray nozzle on an F-4 Phantom carrying 320 gallons of VX nerve agent turned a classified test at Utah's Dugway Proving Ground into a disaster. Residual chemical drifted into neighboring Skull Valley and killed thousands of sheep. The Army denied responsibility, settled with ranchers and buried the carcasses without admitting fault. Its own investigators reached a far more definitive conclusion, but the report stayed classified and out of public reach for
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