Operation Drop Kick was conducted between April and November 1956 by the

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Rose, William H.
An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as a Potential Danger to the United States and European NATO Nations
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, March 1981, via '' thesmokinggun.com'', accessed December 25, 2008 to test the practicality of employing mosquitoes to carry an

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agent in different ways. The Chemical Corps released uninfected female mosquitoes into a residential area of

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, whose residents had agreed to participate in the project, and then estimated how many mosquitoes entered houses and bit people. Within a day, many reports of mosquito bites were received. In 1958, the Chemical Corps released 1,000,000 mosquitoes in

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. These tests showed that mosquitoes could be spread by means of various devices. The 1964 movie ''

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'' also refers to an Operation Drop Kick. The TV series ''

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'' refers to Operation Drop Kick as the codename of a CIA mission to take over a country in

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1956 in the United States

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