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File:Creature.jpg|link=Creature (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Creature (nonfiction)|Creature]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret [[Clandestiphrine]] experiments directed against the U-2 spyplane incident." | File:Creature.jpg|link=Creature (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Creature (nonfiction)|Creature]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret [[Clandestiphrine]] experiments directed against the U-2 spyplane incident." | ||
File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden detail.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|May 7, 1960: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time- | File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden detail.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|May 7, 1960: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveler [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|Niles Cartouchian]] meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war. | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers Francis Gary Powers] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers Francis Gary Powers] @ Wikipedia | ||
Latest revision as of 19:57, 20 November 2021
Francis Gary Powers (17 August 1929 – 1 August 1977) – often referred to as simply Gary Powers – was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
On August 1, 1977, while conducting a traffic report over Los Angeles, his helicopter crashed, killing him and George Spears, his cameraman.
In the News
2018: Steganographic analysis of Creature unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret Clandestiphrine experiments directed against the U-2 spyplane incident."
May 7, 1960: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveler Niles Cartouchian meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war.