Tesa McCracken

Unit 6 Reading Comment 10
#Hist2110

Site Y was the codename given to Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II. The codename itself held no significance and only existed to obscure the real location. The amount of secrecy surrounding this site is interesting to me, as it is hard to believe that, out of thousands of workers, no one every slipped up and gave away the location or the purpose of the site.

May 9, 2025 at 5:30pmWeb
Show threadCNM_XavierGMay 9, 2025
@tesamccracken Site Y being the codename for Los Alamos during WWII still blows my mind. The secrecy was so intense thousands of people working there and somehow no major leaks? Wild to think about how they kept that under wraps. Makes you wonder what kind of pressure they were under to stay quiet.
Show threadTesa McCrackenMay 9, 2025

@CNM_Xavier

I wonder the same thing. I am also curious how a project like this would go today. News travels much faster than it did back then, and I feel like it would be much harder to keep something this large a secret.

Show threadIsaacMay 9, 2025
@tesamccracken I found it interesting how the scientist were forbidden from even telling their spouses about the kind of work that was going on. I guess supporting just how secretive it was. peer reply 3