Image: Pigeon Camera - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency

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Description: CIA’s Office of Research and Development developed a camera small and light enough to be carried by a pigeon. It would be released, and on its return home the bird would fly over a target. Being a common species, its role as an intelligence collection platform was concealed in the activities of thousands of other birds. Pigeon imagery was taken within hundreds of feet of the target so it was much more detailed than other collection platforms. For more information on CIA history and this artifact please visit www.cia.gov
Title: Pigeon Camera - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency
Credit: Pigeon Camera
Author: The Central Intelligence Agency
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