'BOW AND ARROW' REPORT REVEALS RUBBER BANDS STRETCHED FOR THE KILL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R000600530002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 5, 1958
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

;TAT WASHINGTON POSA: FEB 5 1958
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By Daniel S. Greenberg research project is _Foul Brode cited the still-confi-
Staff Repor:r:r Klopsteg, an eminent phy-,dential report as an
Tho,Defensef Deriartment? Sicist and archery expert ,who:of over-classification of ? scien-
rrYeased the so-called "how is now president-elect of the!
tific research.
arrow report" yesterday, American. Asaociation for. thei Following his disclosure, the
revealing a series 'of strange- Advancement of Science. He
!looking, murderous rubber-
band-onerated, . weapons de- :.
;for the Office of. Strategic
Services.
The war ended before the
weapons saw combat, but tests!
showed that one model could; to the c rim i nal element."
lob a 60 mm. mortar shellIKlonsteg described that notion
short distances with consider-.as `1-u?tter-nonsense."
said that when he tried tolDefeWe. --Department . .trace,d
have, it der:assified in 1949, hethe report_ ,to, the. National.
:veloped during World War If was told; "it would be of value Arehives and .forWarded it to
the Army Aatitant General's'.
Tifficd?Where it was' declaisi-,
.
fled Friday. ? . _ ..=?..., ? .? ? .
,
, ...
?The- project, conducted at'
Northwestern University by
Klop.steg during 1943 and 1944',
able accuracy, while others; ;The first public word of the was designed to meet 'OSS;
could fire deadly steel dartslproject came Jan. :21 when specifications for "silent, flash-
up to 140 yards. In short-,Wa ,Brode, new science less weapons" suitable for use.
range tests, the dartS 1,i,ere!a . viser to the Secretary of by the famous cloak and deg-
driven through up to '.-... inchesiState, testified b e fore the.ger organization. The propel.
of horsemeat. . !House Government Inform- 4ri,,g?-? ?
force ..in each was .pro-.
1 ?The man who headed theition Subcommittee.
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,vided by specially-treated ;jurn-meet
',.rubbe.rbands. . basic
Picture on Page AS
'This is a reproduction of a page from the.ladense
ji_altrn_erit.:.,s._1??eRort_on Silent, Fleshless Weapons, released
yesterday, on which data was, listed about ?a how and
-arrow invented during World War II. Note ?that the word
- "Confidential" at the top has been partially obliterated.
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,.. ? "The idea," Klopsteg said practical
yesterday, ,"was conceived by, "At the time the 77. : ?
:British Comniandos and the re-:was conducted," Klopste;, ;
search was carried out by the.there were valid grounds fori,
Office of 'Scientific Research:keeping it classified. But ':'.. the!
'and Development for thejlesson apparent in keeping in
:OSS." . classified all these years' isn't;
, Out of the 'project came: Iclear to the people responsible!
Little Joe, a one-hand for classifying scientific re-I-
model? weighing 3.1 pounds, search. I don't know what cani
'capable,- of inflicting a "...fatali.make it -clear."' ?
.,
dart wound up to 25 yards. It! . . ' -- ---- ...? .
was described as " . . . poten-!
,was
.useft.1 to saboteurs as it'
can be carried under a coat,
is fleshless and silent and isi,
lethal and accurate at shortl
ranges."
0 Little Joe 11/2, an adapta-'
lion of Little Joe, capable of
;shooting a heavier dart.
' 0 Big Joe 4, a shoulder mod- ?
el, weighing 7 pounds. "It;
,can kill up to 5'?; ya:ds with
reasonable certz:nty, and 10,
.darts have boon regularlyi
.placed in a 2-foot diameter cir-!.
de at 140 Yards." .
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, 0 Big Joe 5, a shoulder,
model . for shooting: eillier
flares ? or projectiles. ?
0- Big Joe 6, a shoulder:
'model which ". . . should be
considered a killir.;-.. ,...,-e,i)on to'
a range of 80 yards . '
? * And .Elmer or ,Jr,;, Louis
fleshless] and nearly silently;
E 5. ". . . designed to throv:
either the standard rifle gren-t'
ade or the 60 mm mortari.
he
eihie"
T attempt to get the re-.
Oil declassified, he explained,
, wak made to cite the pre:e,:t.,.
. in g talk to . a profess:on..:
i. I ..... ,.. _
examme of howl
'eh can lead to
developments.
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