Yikes - apparently we almost nuked ourselves a long time ago

[Neil Desmond]

"Atom bomb nearly detonated over North Carolina in 1961"
http://news.yahoo.com/us-nearly-detonated-atomic-bomb-accident-1961-file-095356688.html

[Snew]

Murka.

[green73]

We did? I don't remember being a part of that farce.

[Anti Federalist]

Freedom.

[Paulbot99]

If we did, we'd have blamed the Russians.

[heavenlyboy34]

We did? I don't remember being a part of that farce.
People use the royal We rather mindlessly in 'Murica... :/

[cajuncocoa]

If we did, we'd have blamed the Russians.

That may have been the plan.

[Henry Rogue]

I watched a show on this a few years ago.
Here is the trailer from that show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eTVbcj3iXA0
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DQ_JynviafL4

EDIT; may not be the same incident, from documentary,
February 5th 1958, a U.S. Air Force B-47
http://www.ovguide.com/tv_episode/discovery-channel-documentaries-season-2007-episode-17-americas-lost-hbomb-4487738#

From OP article,
January 23, 1961 when the B-52