The US government spent years quantifying the mental thresholds of its recruits, keeping the "Study of Combat Experiences" hidden while engineering the ideal combatant.
By Eleanor Voss ·
A research project was damaged "beyond repair" after a 1994 security breach that stayed hidden from the public for two years.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Witness names remained secret while the Air Force tracked radar responses from Macao to Bermuda to determine if unidentified flying objects threatened national security.
By June Hargrove ·
Six crew members died amidst fire and snow after a missile-tracking aircraft overran a runway in the Aleutians while 25,000 lbs over its designed gross weight.
By Marcus Boone ·
Their disappearance over the Black Sea was managed with professional precision, shifting the official record by three years to leave the loss unresolved.
By Marcus Boone ·
Three men vanished over East Germany in 1964, their fate an omission in the records of a machine that used 8,044 lbs of photo flash bombs to illuminate the dark.
By Marcus Boone ·
People deep behind hostile borders were tracked from 150 miles away by operators who paired weapons and targets from a modified Boeing 707.
By Marcus Boone ·
Targets worldwide are watched in near-real-time by a mobile hub that turns parking lots into intelligence centers, shielding processing staff from potential combat zones.
By Marcus Boone ·