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Project 119L was a Cold War reconnaissance operation by the U.S. Air Force in which large espionage balloons floated cameras over the Soviet Union.

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Project Moby Dick

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balloon projects from the era included Project Skyhook, Project Mogul, Project Grandson, and Project Genetrix. The previously conducted "Project Moby Dick" used...

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Project Mogul

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photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union during the 1950s, Project Moby Dick and Project Genetrix. The spy balloon overflights raised storms of protest...

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Mocha Dick

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was an albino and partially inspired Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Mocha Dick survived many skirmishes (by Reynolds' account at least 100) with...

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Captain Ahab

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Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851). He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship Pequod. On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab's...

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Project Genetrix

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Project 119L was the first espionage use of the balloons that had been tested in previous projects, such as Project Moby Dick. It succeeded Project Mogul...

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Skyhook balloon

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Saucers (1956) mentions "Project Skyhook"). Gas balloon Mantell UFO Incident Project Genetrix Project Moby Dick Project Mogul Project Strato-Lab Ross, Malcolm...

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Observation balloon

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intelligence collection and transmission by the balloon. Project Genetrix Project Moby Dick Project Mogul 2023 Chinese balloon incident American observation...

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Moby

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Melville, author of Moby-Dick. Moby is distantly related to David Melville, inventor of the first United States-patented gas light system. Moby was raised by...

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Operation Outward

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on 4 September 1944. Fu-Go balloon bomb Fire balloon Graphite bomb Project Moby Dick WS-124A Flying Cloud Footnotes Sources agree on the total number but...

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Father Mapple

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Father Mapple is a fictional character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick (1851). A former whaler, he has become a preacher in the New Bedford Whaleman's...

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List of individual cetaceans

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Monterey Bay, California. Pelorus Jack Little Irvy Moby Dick from the novel Moby-Dick Mocha Dick Monstro from Pinocchio Pearl Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants...

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History of military ballooning

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detection and surveillance, such as Project Mogul (linked to the Roswell Incident), Project Genetrix and Project Moby Dick. They also worked on the E77 balloon...

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Herman Melville

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poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia;...

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Philip Hoare

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writer, especially of history and biography. He instigated the Moby Dick Big Read project. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton...

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Weapon System

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53 Daso 1997, p. 166. Parsch, Andreas. "Designations Of U.S. Air Force Projects". Retrieved 2020-01-18. Burroughs 1998, p. 80–87. sfn error: no target:...

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Porsche 935

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of Momo Wheels, finished 4th in each race driving the Moby Dick version of the 935. The Moby Dick engine was the basis for an all-watercooled 2.65 L engine...

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Air Force Missile Development Center

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Missile Squadron. 1952: A "covered wagon launcher" was used for Project Moby Dick (Project 119L) balloon launches at Holloman. 1952 (mid): The Holloman range...

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