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CIA File of the Day

PROJECT AQUILINE

Header of the declassified CIA file: PROJECT AQUILINE

Aquiline

A status paper on Project AQUILINE. Under ORD activities it lists a contract signed with MDAC in July 1969, personnel to Area 51 in February 1970, flight tests beginning in April 1970 and ending in November or December 1970, and a contract expiring in February 1971. It also notes work on a satellite relay program and on the project's impact on the Agency budget.

Courtesy of the CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Official page: CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Document PDF: cia.gov reading room PDF. Copy: Internet Archive.