Artifact Details
The Agency created this custom-made CIA seal to commemorate the success of Project AZORIAN and gave it to Carl Duckett in the early 1970s. It was bequeathed to his colleagues when Carl passed away in 1992.
The CIA Museum collection includes this unusual version of the CIA seal. It depicts the CIA eagle wearing a swim mask and fins. It is based on an editorial cartoon that appeared in The Washington Star newspaper (published from 1852 to 1981) following publication of news stories about Project AZORIAN, which involved an attempt to recover a Soviet submarine that sank northwest of Hawaii in 1968. This seal was created as a gift to the head of the Directorate of Science and Technology, Carl Duckett, who oversaw the project.
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