Secret launching
; NZPA Cape Canaveral (Florida). i The launching of a mili- j jtary satellite under the I tighest security measures ever seen at the Cape still remains a mystery. The United States Air Force would not provide any information about Saturday’s launch of a classified military payload. A spokesman
would say only that a powerful Titan 3C had been used as a booster rocket. No explanation has been made of the extraordinary (security measures — which (included Air Force commandos on stand-by and periimeter patrols by attack- ! trained guard dogs as well |as the rjgular guards. i It was the second secret (satellite launch in 64 days. . Speculation was rampant I among seasoned space watchers as to what kind of satellite could command such unusual security measures.
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