{"id":92,"date":"2020-01-14T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T08:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=92"},"modified":"2020-01-14T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:42:35","slug":"insectothopter-cias-uav-from-the-1970s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/insectothopter-cias-uav-from-the-1970s\/","title":{"rendered":"Insectothopter, CIA’s UAV from the 1970s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/h3>\n
\"Insectothopter<\/a>
Insectothopter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Insectothopter was a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency’s research and development office in the 1970s. The Insectothopter was the size of a dragonfly, and was hand-painted to look like one. It was powered by a small gasoline engine to make the wings move and was fueled by a very small amount of gas. The project was abandoned when the Insectothopter was found to be too difficult to control in crosswinds.<\/p>\n

It took nearly seven years for documents to be released on the Insectothopter. They were finally received in January of 2020 (release letter dated 16 December 2019).<\/p>\n

The CIA also produced and released the below video, which has been available since circa 2015. However, the documents have never been released before now.<\/p>\n

Document Archive<\/h3>\n

CIA Documents on the Insectothopter, Released December 2019 and Received January of 2020<\/a> [28 Pages, 10MB]<\/p>\n