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Operation May Day involved a series of EW tests from April to November 1956. The tests were designed to reveal information about the dispersal of [[yellow fever mosquito]]es in an urban area. The mosquitoes were released from ground level in [[Savannah, Georgia]] and then recovered using traps baited with [[dry ice]]. Residents of Savannah, Georgia bore the brunt of this |
Operation May Day involved a series of EW tests from April to November 1956. The tests were designed to reveal information about the dispersal of [[yellow fever mosquito]]es in an urban area. The mosquitoes were released from ground level in [[Savannah, Georgia]] and then recovered using traps baited with [[dry ice]]. Residents of [[Savannah, Georgia]] bore the brunt of this clandestine military project. The operation was detailed in partially declassified [[U.S. Army]] report in 1981.<ref name=rose>Rose, William H. "[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mosquito1.html An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as as Potential Danger to the United States and European NATO Nations]", U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, [[Dugway Proving Ground]], March 1981, via ''[[thesmokinggun.com]]'', accessed December 25, 2008.</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:24, 12 October 2009
Operation May Day was a series of entomological warfare (EW) tests conducted by the U.S. military in Savannah, Georgia in 1956.
Operation
Operation May Day involved a series of EW tests from April to November 1956. The tests were designed to reveal information about the dispersal of yellow fever mosquitoes in an urban area. The mosquitoes were released from ground level in Savannah, Georgia and then recovered using traps baited with dry ice. Residents of Savannah, Georgia bore the brunt of this clandestine military project. The operation was detailed in partially declassified U.S. Army report in 1981.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Rose, William H. "An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as as Potential Danger to the United States and European NATO Nations", U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Dugway Proving Ground, March 1981, via thesmokinggun.com, accessed December 25, 2008.