Carlsbad Auxiliary Army Airfield | airport, military, disaster site

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Site of the imfamous Project X-Ray "bat bomb" incident in 1943, in which bats were accidentally released carrying live incindiary devices which subsequently burned down virtually every structure on the base.

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Coordinates: 32°15'39"N 104°13'46"W

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