ORD BIRD PROGRAMS

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Animal Partners
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06527480
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: September 6, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2019
• Publication Date: December 20, 1973

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1. On 13- Detember._1973`;'012?)/LS,D" personnel briefed EA/COS
4)ersonnel-on.,.-their avian sens77nd_t_7FA/CH/OS,aining pro_g_raimln_at7
tendance. were and
� and ORD/L8D:,.: and -.Kt:: Dan ,Hogair. and the undersigned
from .OTS.*;.. The 'Major purpose of,..the- meeting -WaS _to:make:EA/CH/0.Si,
:personnel aware the�pregraip's , and .to � determine their level *.*
of intereSt.-in,-.the pr.egrats-.
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2-.- The avian sensor involves the use of untrained'
migratory birds as environmental sample collectors for ,
warfare .--agents - This, is �a' statistical: study on the,
of, capturing, in Undeiiied" areas, birds whose migration and-nekt
ing patterns .wOuld'place--:them in or near. suspected Soviet
sites. Chemical analyses of the tiSsUeS: of such birdS, would
provide information on :the 'types of CUL:agents being investigate
This is, a basic-. studYrz-requiting,:no',DD0.-.input at this time '
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_ 3. The avian training prpgram, involves the: �s�f trained
, birds to perform some *act, e:g.--photography, package emplacement,
of operational 'significance in areas, inaccessible_ to ,human 'agents .
� ORD personnel are working toward:the-developent of an avian/
photographic system applicable to a specific target. They are
interested ,in conducting a- basic study' to determine the limits,
of usefulness of various avian ,sPecies, and are interested in
obtaining requirements and possible operational Scenarios to
work against.'
4. .EA/CH/OS personnel-- stated that ther.-could'not� identify
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any requirements., but suggested. :some possible scenarios... These -
are; a) Photegraph'-'of,a-Specific room interior; Aerial_;�Photo-,
:graph of targets -located 20-miles Or ,more frop.
,point., and C) 'Emplacement pf.a.�;:_line between buildings over
distance of fifty-..feet_or, more �
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5. had attended a previous briefing on the
capabiiity fie stated that he had presented the program to the
EA Division branch chiefs and 'emphasized that EA , did not have a
requirement for the"'capability
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