'Palomares', the Movistar + documentary that reveals for the first time what really happened

Do you remember what happened in the surroundings of the small Almeria town of Palomares on January 17, 1966? A plane exploded in the sky of Almería dropping 4 thermonuclear bombs, 75 times more destructive than those of Hiroshima. Washington activated all its protocols in the event of a nuclear accident and a top secret search device for the four atomic bombs was launched. The soldiers of the North American army, with the help of the Civil Guard and the neighbors, locate an intact projectile, but two others have spread its radioactive contents throughout Palomares. Besides the fourth nuclear bomb, they don’t even find a trace. The search for this artifact becomes a priority Palomares The Brussels Ultimatum Now 55 years later, Movistar + premieres the new documentary series Palomares, in which it is reconstructed for the first time, what happened in those 80 days of search. In the style of a thriller, the documentary immerses itself in the material and information that both the US and Spanish governments maintained as classified. A premiere that you can’t miss this March either, the American soldiers only took part of the plutonium. For this reason, Brussels has given an ultimatum to Spain that it has until the end of 2021 to report on the actual nuclear contamination in Palomares today. In February 2020, the National Court urged the Government to declassify the Rehabilitation Plan for the area contaminated with plutonium in Palomares. PalomaresA documentary series to know the truth Palomares is a new original documentary series Movistar + in collaboration with 93 Metros directed by Álvaro Ron that has 4 chapters of 52 minutes each.The series will bring to light recently declassified documents and materials and hundreds of unpublished images and photographs, also thanks to interviews with people who knew the events first-hand such as Larry Messinger, pilot of the crashed B-52 that loaded the 4 bombs or Marvin McCamis , the pilot of the submarine who found the lost bomb-In addition, the documentary series will focus on the curious anecdotes that were lived in this unknown town of Almería with the arrival of 1,600 American soldiers. The stories will be told by people who experienced the events in the first person and by experts in the field, such as the journalist Rafa Moreno. In addition, moments such as the bathroom of the Minister of Information and Tourism, Manuel Fraga, and the communication campaign that was carried out to minimize the matter. Also the reaction that Franco had when he learned of the tragedy and the political tension between Washington and Madrid in the middle of the Cold War. Even as the people of Palomares mobilized to achieve “fair compensation” in demonstrations led by an aristocrat nicknamed the Red Duchess who eventually ended up in jail.