Improved Dry Biological Disseminator, June 1967

Background

Originally, this document was fully denied under FOIA Exemption (b)(1), in June of 2016.

I appealed, based on the reality that the record was nearly 50 years old (at the time of requesting) and it seemed pretty unbelievable that not a single page was releasable.

My appeal was partially granted, and 14 out of the 241 pages were released.

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According to the document:

“The purpose of the work undertaken was to provide an improved means of disseminating dry biological agents from high-performance aircraft. “

Declassified Document

 Improved Dry Biological Disseminator, June 1967 [15 Pages, 1.1MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/usaf/AFATL-TR-67-61.pdf

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This post was published on December 27, 2017 8:23 am

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