You can view many briefing notes of the US DOD CBW experiments, conducted as part of Project 112 during the years 1962-1974, at
deploymentlink.osd.mil...
Other US CBW programmes also conducted many clandestine disseminations over the Continental US and Canada; especially those investigating the Holy Grail of Biological Warfare - the Large Area Coverage (LAC) concept.
At the height of research in the 1950s and 1960s, the program conducted large-scale, secret tests over 33 major U.S. cities including Minneapolis, Corpus Christi, TX, Fort Wayne, IN, and St. Louis, MO.
Massive amounts of Biological Warfare simulant agents (Zinc Cadmium sulphide, Bacillus globigii) were dispersed over the cities in an attempt to investigate the travel of BW aerosols. The DOD have indicated that at the time (1950s and 1960s) the simulants were thought to be harmless, whereas today we know better.
Other US Government Agency sponsored sprayings have included:
Victoria Diffusion Trials - 17 experiments were conducted at Victoria, Texas during July - August 1965. Zinc Cadmium sulphide (FP) was disseminated as part of a series of Large Area Coverage (LAC) evaluation trials. Sampling units recorded FP at distances of 180 km.
GREEN-GLOW Diffusion Programme - 26 experiments were conducted in the Richland, Washington area during the summer of 1959. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated at night with sampling taking place up to 25 km from source.
Multiple Tracer Experiments - 9 experiments were conducted between 1965-67 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated as part of the Large Area Coverage evaluation, with sampling units placed up to 115 kms from source.
Turbulent Diffusion Experiments - 7 experiments conducted at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated, with sampling units placed up to 14.4 kms from source.
St.Louis Dispersion Study 2 - 42 experiments conducted at St.Louis between 1963-65. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated during both night and day, with sampling units placed up to 16 kms from source.
Concentration Distributions in Aerosol Plumes - Unknown number of experiments conducted during June -July 1952 at New Mexico, and July-September 1953 at New South Wales, Australia. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated, with sampling units placed up to 35 kms from source.
AUTUMN GOLD - 9 experiments conducted in the vacinity of Pearl Harbour during May 1963. Spores of the Anthrax simulant, Bacillus globigii (BG) were disseminated during the evening, with sampling units placed up to 20 kms from source.
NIGHT TRAIN - 18 experiments conducted at Alaska between November 1963 and January 1964. Spores of the Anthrax simulant, Bacillus globigii (BG) and Zinc Cadmium suplhide (FP) were disseminated at night, with sampling units placed up to 40 kms from source line.
WEST SIDE Phase 1 - 15 experiments conducted in the vacinity of Fort Greely, Alaska during January - February 1965. Spores of the Anthrax simulant, Bacillus globigii (BG) and Zinc Cadmium suplhide (FP) were disseminated, with sampling units placed up to 145 kms from source line.
WEST SIDE Phase 2 - 12 experiments conducted at the Great Plains, Canada between January-March 1965. Spores of the Anthrax simulant, Bacillus globigii (BG) and Zinc Cadmium suplhide (FP) were disseminated, with sampling units placed up to 145 kms from source line.
Project WINDSOC - 13 experiments concucted at Central Texas between August 1959 and February 1960. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated as part of the Large Area Coverage evaluation, with sampling units placed up to 200 kms from source.
Stanford Trials - 2 experiments conducted over the whole Continental United States. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated as part of the Large Area Coverage evaluation, with sampling units placed over the whole Continental United States.
San Francisco Trials - 6 experiments conducted at San Francisco on 27/09/1950. Spores of the Anthrax simulant, Bacillus globigii (BG) were disseminated, with sampling units placed up to 40 kms from source.
San Francisco Trials - 5 experiments conducted at San Francisco between August and October 1950. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated, with sampling units placed up to 40 kms from source.
South Carolina Trials - 5 experiments conducted at South Carolina, Georgia, during March - April 1952. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated during both night and day, with sampling units placed up to 240 kms from source.
South Carolina Trials - 6 experiments conducted at South Carolina, Georgia, during November - December 1952. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated during both night and day, with sampling units placed up to 160 kms from source.
St. Louis Dispersion Trials - 43 experiments conducted at St Louis 1965. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated with sampling units placed 8 km from source.
Ralston Trials - 17 experiments conducted at Ralston, Alberta. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated at night with sampling units placed up to 16 km from source.
OCEAN BREEZE - 76 experiments conducted at California between May 1961 - March 1962. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated both day and night with sampling units placed up to 5 km from source.
DRY GULCH - 109 experiments conducted at Florida between August 1961 - June 1962. Zinc Cadmium sulphide was disseminated both day and night with sampling units placed up to 6 km from source.
source - Porton Technical Note No 18
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