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originally posted by: bluesman023
Hiding the Alien Invasion ?
a reply to: annonentity
Operation Sea Spray was a secret U.S. Navy experiment conducted in September 1950 off the northern California coast. The aim of the project was to determine how susceptible a large city like San Francisco would be to a biological weapon attack. A Navy ship sprayed bacteria into the air, and the bacteria spread over the city and surrounding suburbs. At the time, the bacteria used, Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii, were thought to be harmless, but it later emerged that Serratia marcescens could cause serious infections and was linked to the death of one person and hospitalization of eleven others in San Francisco. The experiment highlighted the vulnerability of cities to biological warfare but also raised ethical concerns about testing such weapons on unsuspecting populations.
Government Released Flu Virus in NYC Subway
The U.S. government conducted experiments involving the release of non-lethal bacteria in the New York City subway system in the 1960s as part of a biological warfare testing program. Specifically, on June 6, 1966, U.S. Army scientists released Bacillus subtilis bacteria, which was then known as Bacillus globigii, into the Seventh and Eighth Avenue lines of the New York City subway. The bacteria were contained in light bulbs that were shattered to spread the organisms throughout the subway tunnels and trains. These experiments were part of a 20-year program that lasted from 1949 to 1969, during which at least 239 similar tests were conducted.
These tests were carried out without the knowledge or consent of the public, violating the Nuremberg Code, which requires voluntary, informed consent for research participants. The purpose of these experiments was to assess how easily large numbers of people could be exposed to biological agents and to study the spread of such agents through urban environments.