Background POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded ELINT data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ...
Posts by Category: Spy Satellites and the NRO
Gambit: Eye of the Eagle — National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Video
Background This video was declassified and released to The Black Vault in NRO Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Case F-2017-00169 and F-2017-00170. Both cases were answered with a single response and release of two videos — Hexagon: ...
Hexagon: Sentinel of Liberty — National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Video
Background This video was declassified and released to The Black Vault in NRO Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Case F-2017-00169 and F-2017-00170. Both cases were answered with a single response and release of two videos — Hexagon: ...
NRO Internal Blog/Newsletter: VIGILANCE FROM ABOVE
Background Internally, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)’s Office of Strategic Communication published the blog entitled, “Vigilance from Above”. It appears, that it began in November of 2009 and was published until ...
Dr. Hans Mark Interviewed by Gerald Haines, 12 March 1997
Background This document transcript was originally released in 2012 with redactions. In December of 2018, I requested that the document be reviewed again when I filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request. There was additional ...
