Project COLDFEET was a 1962 CIA operation to extract intelligence from an abandoned Soviet Arctic research station.
The research station had been abandoned after the runway became unusable due to the destruction caused by a pressure ridge,[1] and it was assumed that it would be crushed in the Arctic Ocean.[2] Two intelligence collectors were dropped by a B-17 aircraft onto the station in an operation organised by the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency.[2] The team were retrieved seven days later using Robert Fulton's skyhook system. The operation provided intelligence on Soviet anti-submarine warfare and acoustics technology,[2] as well as demonstrating that investigators could be retrieved from remote areas.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Robert Fulton's Skyhook and Operation Coldfeet". Central Intelligence Agency. 2007-04-14. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/95unclass/Leary.html. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ a b c "Project COLDFEET: Seven Days in the Arctic". Central Intelligence Agency. 2008-04-21. https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/project-coldfeet.html. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
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