Because it flew without a pilot, the D-21 was designed to fly over territory where the U.S. was denied access and to take photographs of weapons facilities from altitudes as low as 1,500 feet. But the project was canceled on… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
For decades, the men at Area 51 thought they'd take their secrets to the grave. At the height of the Cold War, they cultivated anonymity while pursuing some of the country's most covert projects. Conspiracy theories were left to popular imagination. — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“Over the next five years, DARPA’s biohybrid programs advanced at an astonishing pace. Microprocessor technology was doubling in capacity every eighteen months. By June… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The activities that went on at Camp King between 1946 and the late 1950s have never been fully accounted for by either the Department… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Eisenhower’s test ban had failed, and the United States and the Soviet Union had both returned… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“By contrast, Dresher and Flood found that the minority of game players who refused to testify against their criminal partner were almost always of… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“To address strength and endurance issues, Goldblatt initiated a program called the Mechanically Dominant Soldier. What if soldiers could have ten times the muscle… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The area out at Area 51 that was part of the Operation Plumbbob test continues to be contaminated. It was not cleaned up until… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
I'm not an aviation historian, I'm not an Air Force aficionado, and I'm definitely not a ufologist. I'm not someone who studies UFOs. — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective? To develop… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords. — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
I examined a lot of CIA declassified UFO files, which are fascinating, because there was a huge UFO craze going on in America. There… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected. — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
