Plum Island Animal Disease Center of New York (PIADCNY) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases. It is part of the DHS Directorate for Science and Technology. Since 1954, the center has had the goal of protecting America’s livestock from animal diseases. During the Cold War a secret biological weapons program targeting livestock was conducted at the site. This program has been the subject of controversy. Declassified Documents The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress, 19 May 2008 [25 Pages, 0.3MB] – The agricultural and food infrastructure of the United States is potentially…
Author: John Greenewald
Pfizer is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies based on revenues. Pfizer develops and produces medicines and vaccines for a wide range of medical disciplines, including immunology, oncology, cardiology, diabetology/endocrinology, and neurology. Back in the 1960s, Pfizer (then Chas. Pfizer & Co.) were contracted to conduct research into Chemical Incapacitating Agents for the Army. Below, you will find the reports released so far to The Black Vault. Research on New Chemical Incapacitating Agents by Chas. Pfizer and Co., Inc. – Quarterly Report Number 3 from January 1 to March 31 1964 [33 Pages, 0.7MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/biological/pfizer/pfizerquartrep3.pdf
Background The following documents pertain to Biological and Chemical weapons. Document Archive 2002 DoD Chemical & Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, April 2002 [302 Pages] Awareness Level Wmd Training: Chemical Agents, 01 January 2009 [22 Pages, 1.85MB] – This module provides students with an understanding of chemical agents and Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TIC) used as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Biological Effects of Blast, December 1961 [127 Pages] Biological Warfare Defense Vaccine Research & Development Programs, July 2001 [190 Pages] Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, March 2000 [272 Pages] Chemical Weapons, 30 March 1965 [12 Pages, 5.59mb] – Foreign Intelligence…
Background Throughout history, the world Governments were involved with testing biological and chemical agents on unwilling (and sometimes willing) human subjects — along with innocent animals. The following are some documents that have been released. Document Archive The Effects of Fluphenazine in Psychologically Normal Volunteers: Some Temporal, Performance, and Biochemical Relationships [34 Pages, 1.53mb] Description of an Experimental Psychosis Induced by Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) [66 Pages, 493KB] Source: Russ Kick, The Memory Hole. Document verified 12/18/2011 Human Experimentation – An Overview of Cold War Era Programs, GAO Report, September 28, 1994 [16 Pages, 1.11MB] Is Military Research Hazardous to Veterans’…
The A-12 Avenger II was an American aircraft program from McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics intended to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marines. The A-12 project was canceled in 1991 due to high costs. Artists’ conceptions and mockups of the craft revealed a flying wing design in the shape of an isosceles triangle, with the cockpit situated near the apex of the triangle. The aircraft was designed to have two General Electric F412-GE-D5F2 turbofans, each producing about 13,000 lbf (58 kN) thrust, and was equipped to carry up…