Acoustic Kitty


In 1966 the United States conscripted a kitty cat to bring down the Soviet Union. Because cats are so obedient, intelligent and eager to please. Yeah right.
A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. This would allow the cats to record and transmit sound from their surroundings. Surgical and training expenses are thought to have amounted to over $25 million.The first Acoustic Kitty mission was to eavesdrop on two men in a park outside the Soviet compound on Wisconsin Avenue inWashington, D.C. The cat was released nearby, but was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately. Even after the cat dies and the mission is a total failure, the scientists declare victory in the quest to train a cat to go short distances, even if they can’t control to where, and proclaim it “a remarkable scientific achievement.”

You can:
Read about this spy cat in an actual declassified document.
Listen to the podcast at The Memory Palace
Read the book to your kids.
Find out more at Wikipedia

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