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(via NRO on Twitter: “Jan. 10, 1956: The @USAirForce launched the first of 516 surveillance balloons as part of Project Genetrix. https://t.co/SKecdAjY4c”)

“The surveillance balloons were propelled by the jet stream photographing denied areas, like the USSR, at altitudes as high as 100,000 feet.”


Date posted: 2016/01/11 09:01:37
Date liked: 2016/01/11 19:01:43
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