Jump to content

Operation May Day: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Line 13: Line 13:
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{U.S. biological weapons}}
{{U.S. biological weapons}}
[[Category:Biological warfare|May Day]]
[[Category:United States biological weapons program|May Day]]
[[Category:Human subject research in the United States|May Day]]
[[Category:Human subject research in the United States|May Day]]
[[Category:History of Savannah, Georgia|May Day]]
[[Category:History of Savannah, Georgia|May Day]]

Revision as of 09:23, 31 August 2017

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. The operation was detailed in partially declassified U.S. Army report in 1981.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rose, William H. "An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as a 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.