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SPY_190130_01.JPG: We've Moved!
Visit our new location at L'Enfant Plaza beginning Spring 2019
700 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20024
For the latest intel, visit spymuseum.org
International Spy Museum
SPY_190507_038.JPG: The Legendary Bond Car
SPY_190507_043.JPG: Look Up!
A spy in the sky, watching tirelessly -- not for hours, but for days. The Amber, prototype for most modern drones, was a game-changer.
Designed in the 1980s by aerospace engineer Abe Karem, Amber proved that a drone could fly nonstop for nearly two days, in any weather, continually collecting data -- without risking a pilot's life. Its trailblazing design transformed the way we collect overhead intelligence.
SPY_190507_087.JPG: I Lie for a Living
I liked the shirt with
I'm
telling
you...
nothing
happened.
The highlighted letters say "I'm Lying."
SPY_190507_105.JPG: The inflatable tank was there for the opening week.
SPY_190507_112.JPG: The "Ghost Army"
Why would the military blow up its own tanks in World War II? Because they were inflatable!
This phony tank is similar to what the Luftwaffe saw from the air. Wooden planes, make-believe soldiers, sound effects, and more were developed to mislead Germany about the location and the date of the D-Day invasion of France. Later, on the battlefields of Europe, the phantom divisions and fictitious convoys sometimes operated very close to the front lines and were amazingly effective at fooling the enemy about the strength and location of the Allied units.
Uncover more stories of wartime spying, plus other extraordinary stories of secrecy, deception, intrigue and ingenuity, inside the International Spy Museum.
SPY_190520_001.JPG: Look Up!
Early Man -- Born to Spy!
"It's thousands of years ago. Humankind lived in caves.
Your national security concern is your family, and only nuts and berries will keep them alive.
Does a neighboring cave have better nuts and berries than you do?
You climb a tree to look... the first 'aerial reconnaissance'.
If you then attempted to eliminate that patch of nuts and berries, you've carried out the first covert action."
-- Peter Earnest
SPY_190520_047.JPG: The Legendary Bond Car
SPY_190520_074.JPG: Limited Edition
This Amber drone was designed for surveillance (see the bulging nose to house a camera) -- not targeted killings. Today, drone warfare raises ethical questions, especially when civilians have also been victims. Do you think the advantages outweigh the risks?
SPY_190520_079.JPG: Look Familiar?
The Amber's proof-of-concept design established the foundation for most drones that followed. Here is Amber's most famous grandchild: the Predator. Can you see the family resemblance?
SPY_190520_092.JPG: Restroom sign
SPY_190520_097.JPG: "Information is powerful. And precious. It can shape battles, shake nations, protect us... or control us. Which is why nations spy."
-- Milton Maltz, Founding Chairman
SPY_190520_124.JPG: One Million and Above
Milton & Tamar Maltz
Keith & Karen Melton
--
H. Keith Melton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
H. Keith Melton is the author of many spy books He also is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
Melton is the holder of the largest collection of privately held espionage artifacts with thousands of items. Discovery Times Square has a temporary exhibit of his more important pieces from his collection on display beginning May 18, 2012.
SPY_190520_129.JPG: $100,000 - $999,999
AT&T
Carahsoft
PenFed Credit Union
SPY_190520_133.JPG: $25,000 - $99,999
includes Governor & Mrs. James Blanchard, Brent Scowcroft, and William Webster
SPY_190520_136.JPG: $7,500 - $24,999
Including George Tenet
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2019 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
a four-day jaunt to Massachusetts (Boston, Stockbridge, and Springfield) to experience rain in another state,
Asheville, NC to visit Dad and his wife Dixie,
four trips to New York City (including the United Nations, Flushing, and the New York Comic-Con), and
my 14th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Utah).
Number of photos taken this year: about 582,000.
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