All The Times We Nearly Blew Up The World

This is a video about some of the many times we have nearly blown up the world. Part of this video is brought to you by Henson -- head over to and enter code ’Veritasium’ for 100 free blades with the purchase of a razor. Make sure to add both the razor and the blades to your cart for the code to take effect. ▀▀▀ References: List of Broken Arrows -- Declassified Goldsboro Report -- Operation ChromeDome -- CIA website -- Cataclysmic cargo: The hunt for four missing nuclear bombs after a B-52 crash -- THE LAST FLIGHT OF HOBO 28 -- The Voice of Larry Messinger is from this documentary -- Even Without Detonation, 4 Hydrogen Bombs From ’66 Scar Spanish Village -- Decades Later, Sickness Among Airmen After a Hydrogen Bomb Accident -- Picture of ReVelle -- Great NPR where the audio of ReVelle is from -- CIA Website -- ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bernard McGee, Bill Linder, Burt Humburg, Dave Kircher, Diffbot, Evgeny Skvortsov, Gnare, Jesse Brandsoy, John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Mario Bottion, MaxPal, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, Stephen Wilcox, Tj Steyn, TTST, Ubiquity Ventures ▀▀▀ Directed by Petr Lebedev Written by Petr Lebedev and Derek Muller Edited by Peter Nelson Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Jakub Misiek, Ivy Tello and Mike Radjabov Filmed by Derek Muller Produced by Petr Lebedev and Derek Muller Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Pond5 Music from Epidemic Sound