AF WORK ON ANTI-MISSILE LIGHT RAY GUN DROPPED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP33-02415A000200350067-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: April 4, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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C,PYRGHT
vt'.sti ;atoi dtscio d tO ~E 1 s'
that ti,r Air Forceiecer tly
roped work on a mysteri-
ous mill ;tnissile 'light ra
gun d -spt'1c a favorable re
wort by a Croup of seism
I: i=tepee of,:,5e space age
t)t olrc t A ai rcv^_aled tit'iiet
r~
ti;c Iiou e rommfttee
ipui,1lcshed closed-door testi-
inw;iv t; ,c,t last February
C'iiairinan, Ovc.tQn, 13'.. .e
t D-La.) . told a repot ter iha
!explode inc6mals. `?etif
,niissiic5.
!ant Air Force secretary, con=
}ceded In{nlt~e~,leatitnoy (tit
date goy ernix bnt,-comma is
of civilian rcle(tats re~com
mended. going: ahead: ti*lth',
the project. But e saki; a`.
second group urged ati'o' et-
.Ities" in .nizsi'.e defense.
Dropped Plans
The project rvas;prgposed
.by the Varo Co, of aDallatj
Tex. Rep. Olin Teague A-
Tex.). a comm}tteerii cr4
said the Air Force-`drrpeo
plans for .a $6.4 million'; 'I
gun facility at Yucca Fiats'.
Nev, and.an additional $2.8
million for research during
Rep. Brooks said he ' pelt
the proposed ray gun should]
be further investigated "to
see whether . there is any
thong worth ,while in It."
Rep. Teague said the anti=
missile system was "similar
in principle to using the sun
on a mirro - to set fire to a
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Jack P. t'ri
Funds Iincreased
3riIr Force ofl`
tiviile agreeing that the
ectwas canceled, said Iut d&
,for a g neral study of anti-I
7ntFile warfare had been;
substantial iY increased.
.. Charyk said the Air .Eor
considered the ray gull pr
posal 1'preutature, until .t
had'ppinned down, in a t~etlW"
fusliion some of the.techii.-;
cal uneertaintiess"
nf#op.- James i. .Quigley';
(D-Pa.l, `also A comet tier
tnetnber,.said..Coni,Tess had'
radiation defense s Y s t e}F
t'biiti that somewhere thel.line someone. or aA164'91!
f '
}persons, have just sald,i
t'4 not. Lett wa i tk ai,
described ' t h e
uject i s ;a gamble, a cal-
pro
latedrisk." But he insist
ed this was 'one of those
areas where maybe we ought
a gamble."