Area 51_ An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base - Annie Jacobsen [249]
CIA, EG&G, Atomic Energy Commission, NASA, Project Palladium, A-12 Oxcart, MiG, X-15 rocket plane, Apollo 1, NERVA, Nike missile system, Hercules missile system, Have Blue.
Interviews: November 3, 2008; November 13, 2008; December 20, 2009; December 21, 2009; January 7, 2009; March 4, 2009; March 5, 2009; March 6, 2009; April 24, 2009; April 25, 2009; May 7, 2009; May 8, 2009; May 26, 2009; June 12, 2009; June 13, 2009; June 24, 2009; June 25, 2009; July 14, 2009; September 7, 2009; September 9, 2009, October 7, 2009; October 8, 2009; October 9, 2009, December 14, 2009; December 15, 2009; December 16, 2009; January 13, 2010; January 14, 2010; February 11, 2010; February 12, 2010; March 6, 2010; June 29, 2010; written correspondence: November 2008–October 2010
Ken Swanson (1937– ). Electronic warfare, electronic countermeasures expert, Red Dog/Blue Dog ECM System.
Interview: June 17, 2010
Sherre Lovick (1960– ). Lockheed Skunk Works engineer.
Lockheed Skunk Works, radar signature, defense contracting.
Interviews: February 7, 2008; March 6, 2008; April 3, 2008; April 29, 2008; May 29, 2008; June 6, 2008; July 2, 2008; July 23, 2008; July 30, 2008; August 6, 2008; August 21, 2008; June 28, 2009
Colonel Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut and the second man on the moon
Dr. Robert B. Abernethy, Pratt and Whitney engineer; invented the Oxcart’s J-58 engine
Joseph C. Behne Jr.: Former test director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Arthur Beidler, 67th Reconnaissance Tactical Squadron, Japan
Colonel Adelbert W. “Buz” Carpenter, SR-71 pilot
Harold B. Finger, former manager of AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office
R. Cargill Hall, historian emeritus, National Reconnaissance Office
Milton M. Klein, former manager of AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office
Darwin Morgan: National Nuclear Security Administration, spokesman (current)
Dennis Nordquist, Pratt and Whitney mechanical engineer, J-58 engine
Grace Weismann: Joe Walker’s widow
Charles “Chuck” Wilson: U-2 pilot
Changti “Robin” Yeh: U-2 pilot, Chinese Black Cat Squadron
Secondary Interviews and Correspondence
Steven Aftergood
Joerg Arnu
Doris Barnes
Stacy Slater Bernhardt
Tim Brown
Fred Burton
Lee Davidson
Martha DeMarre
Jeanne Donohue
Stanton Friedman
Norio Hayakawa
Bill Irvine
George Knapp
Tony Landis
Eunice Layton
Colonel Ronald “Jack” Layton
Bob Lazar
Ken Leghorn
Jim Long
Dr. Craig Luther
Tom Mahood
Mary Martin
Millie Meierdierck
Peter W. Merlin
Martha Murphy
Mary Jane Murphy
Stella Murray
David Myhra
James Oberg
Ruth O’Donnell
Thomas O’Donnell
Major General Jude Pao
John E. Pike
Gerald Posner
Gary Powers Jr.
Dr. Jeffrey Richelson
Dr. David Robarge
Louise Schalk
P. W. Singer
Barbara Slater
Peter Slater
Peter Stockman
Sharlene Weeks
Stephen M. Younger
G. Pascal Zachary
Current and former employees from the following organizations, agencies, and corporations were interviewed, some on the condition of anonymity.
National Security Agency (NSA)
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC)
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
United States Air Force (USAF)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
EG&G Special Projects Group
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
General Atomics Aeronautical
Hughes Aircraft Company
Summa Corporation
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Aldrin, Buzz, with Ken Abraham. Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon. New York: Harmony Books, 2009.
Anders, Roger M., Jack M. Holl, Alice L. Buck, and Prentice C. Dean. The United States Nuclear Weapons Program: A Summary History. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Energy, 1983.
Ball, Desmond. Politics and Force Levels, the Strategic