Edwin Land person
also: Edward Bolin, Edward Land, Land
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Claims (12)
Edwin Land discussed_with
Richard M. Bissell Jr. documented
“Donovan's brief mentioned that Lockheed designed in May, he had not seen the concept drawing. Baker began designing a camera and a lens system that would fit on the Lockheed craft. At the end of August, Land discussed the CL-282 with Alan D…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:33:15
Edwin Land member_of
Beacon Hill Study Group documented
“And its members included James Baker, Edward Purcell from Harvard, Seville Davis from Christian Science Monitor, Alan Dullivan from the Cornell Aeronautical Lab, Peter Goldmark in Colombian Broadcasting System Laboratories, Edwin Land, foun…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:06:33
Edwin Land headed
Project 375X documented
“i i got to show you guys this or let me go ahead and finish this sentence and then we'll come back to this the task was investigating the nation's intelligence capability its chairman edwin land the inventor of the polaroid filter for insta…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:27:32
Philip Strong showed
Edwin Land documented
“Also not overly impressed with the CIA, Land learned the details of Lockheed's aircraft soon after he arrived in Washington. Philip Strong showed him Kelly Johnson's concept drawing of the plane and told him that the Air Force had rejected …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:32:20
Edwin Land headed
Project 375X documented
“By September 54, Land's Project 3 study group had become very much interested in the Lockheed aircraft, and their interest grew even stronger when James Baker told them of Alan Dullivan's strong case for it at the September meeting. It was …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:35:21
Edwin Land recruited
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson documented
“You've got to love it. It's interesting to note that Lockheed, which had originally developed the aircraft design on its own and had devoted considerable effort to promoting it, had to be persuaded to undertake the project because the compa…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:44:54
Edwin Land recruited
Henry Yutze documented
“When the discussion turned to the camera and film, Land invited Dr. Henry Yutze, Eastman Kodak's film expert, and Richard Perkins, president of the Perkin Elmer Company, to participate. For discussions of the J57 engine, the panel members a…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:36:16
Edwin Land member_of
U.S. Intelligence Board host_asserted
“many traveling to Washington to meet. Killian was an inspired choice of this era based on technological developments, supporting strong scientific representation. His experts like Edwin Land, William Baker, and Charles Stark Draper gave U.S…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 13 (14) @ 7:34
Edwin Land proposed
Lockheed CL-282 documented
“See, I love the fact here that they have these code words assigned to this information that's here. When it was originally classified, that's a big deal. That means it would have normally been redacted, that whole section. Okay, so they're …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:39:39
Edwin Land denounced
Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare documented
“on neutralization implying assassination stunned Americans. Congressman Edwin Boland denounced it in a storm of criticism disrupted during Reagan's re-election campaign. Reagan felt obliged to order immediate investigation by the Presidenti…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 38:06
Edwin Land sponsored
Boland Amendment documented
“Patrick Moynihan from New York. A year later, the leak of an estimate predicting on how long Managua could hold out brought anger to the administration that they were aiming to overthrow the Sandinistas. Congress went so far as to pass a pr…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 40:58
Edwin Land recruited
Richard Perle documented
“When the discussion turned to the camera and film, Land invited Dr. Henry Yutze, Eastman Kodak's film expert, and Richard Perkins, president of the Perkin Elmer Company, to participate. For discussions of the J57 engine, the panel members a…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The U2 Program @ 1:36:16
Mentions (6)
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many traveling to Washington to meet. Killian was an inspired choice of this era based on technological developments, supporting strong scientific representation. His experts like Edwin Land, William Baker, and Charles Stark Draper gave U.S…
▶ 22:46
The National Security Council staffer of the period observed that in her experience in two and a half years across the hall, she never saw the door open to that office ever. The board retained some dedicated members, in particular Gordon Gr…
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gray-headed a small subcommittee on clandestine collections. Baker and Land continued to focus on technical issues. Possibly the Intelligence Advisory Board's greatest achievement during that period came in their area where Baker and Land f…
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He put his effort into writing alternative papers, exaggerating the threat. Staff thought Anderson's presence a bad influence. Later additions to the board included California Governor Ronald Reagan on the Presidential Intelligence Advisory…
▶ 38:06
on neutralization implying assassination stunned Americans. Congressman Edwin Boland denounced it in a storm of criticism disrupted during Reagan's re-election campaign. Reagan felt obliged to order immediate investigation by the Presidenti…
▶ 40:58
Patrick Moynihan from New York. A year later, the leak of an estimate predicting on how long Managua could hold out brought anger to the administration that they were aiming to overthrow the Sandinistas. Congress went so far as to pass a pr…