Journaling:
A significant part of the USAFSS mission was to listen, intercept, collect and interpret electronic signals. Once the intelligence was gathered it would be transmitted to various clients. The primary client was the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA would provide further analysis and distribute the intelligence to other recipients.
While I have not been able to determine exactly what occurred on the morning of the 20th of October 1958. The fact that it went to a “high ranking official of the United States government” indicates the information was incredibly important.
Historic events from 1958.
• 31 March 1958 Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko announced the suspension of Soviet nuclear weapons tests.
• 2 September 1958 A US C-130 was shot down by Russian Migs. All six crew were killed the fate of the 11 intelligence agents has not been revealed.
• 11 October 1958 Pioneer 1 was launched.
• 15 October 1958 USSR performed a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya
• 16 October 1958 the US performed a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site
• 19 October 1958 the US performed a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site
• 25 October 1958 the United States and Great Britain agreed to suspend nuclear weapons testing for one year. Three-power talks on a more permanent ban of nuclear testing began at Geneva on October 31.
Was the intercepted intelligence related to the space race or related to nuclear testing? During the Cold War, both the US and the USSR extensively monitored each other’s space and nuclear programs. Or was the intelligence related to the C-130 which had been shot down the previous month? Even though a US excavation found human fragments and identified two of the officers there are still stories that the 11 intelligence officers survived the crash and were held captive by the Soviet Union.
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