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This document was released in 2020, so it's a fairly recent FOIA document. Interesting quote from the document, "Necessarily, the relay aircraft must remain out
by graderjs 5y ago
This document was released in 2020, so it's a fairly recent FOIA document. Interesting quote from the document, "Necessarily, the relay aircraft must remain outside of denied territory, and
the size of components in the operational vehicle is such that only UHF is available for its control and navigation."
It's pretty cool to see the remote-controlled remote-piloted drone concept was pioneered way back then.
Also, the "obligatory" CIA-/Wiki-pedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_AQUILINE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_AQUILINE
A proposal for how to fly 104 people to and from Area 51 for minimal cost: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/AREA%2051%20AIRCRAFT%20SUPPORT%20%5B15784061%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/AREA%2051%20AIRCRAFT%20...
It's pretty interesting to see they had ~100 people working at area 51 (9 for Aquiline), and were trying to find the best and most cost effective aircraft to transport them from Vegas to there.
Particularly interesting is the redacted cost line: "* 50 Seats for two months @ $10, 604/mo. Until XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
is in operation"--could this redaction refer to a subway or other tunnel transport system?
- Telemakhos 5y agoThe date on that is 23 June 1971 (written oddly enough in the European style), and the funding runs to 30 June 1972. The secret airline commonly called "JANET," thought to be run by the Air Force for transporting defense contractors from Vegas to a number of research and development facilities, began operations in March 1972. That suggests that this "shuttle" program is a stopgap transportation program anticipating the creation of "JANET." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_(airline) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_(airline)
- graderjs 5y agoThis guy totally has it. I think you solved that! Janet (JanAm?)...it's got to be the most likely explanation. It would be cool if there was an underground railway, tho. Thanks! ;p ;) xx