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BIRD CAMERA DEVELOPMENT

Header of the declassified CIA file: BIRD CAMERA DEVELOPMENT

Animal Partners · 12 May 1976

A 12 May 1976 memorandum on bird camera development. The final camera design, Camera No. 3, uses a Minox lens and weighs 35 grams including timer, film, and batteries, or 39.5 grams with the harness. It had undergone ground tests, including vibration, and was flown six times during tests in Oklahoma. Ultrathin-base film allowed more pictures per roll.

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