Operation Paperclip
ConfirmedRECORDEDINDEXED · RT-007
After World War II the US secretly brought about 1,600 German scientists and engineers to work for the government, some of them with Nazi ties.
What the record shows
- Rocket engineer Wernher von Braun was among those recruited.
- Government agencies helped to bypass rules that would have kept some of them out.
- The program is documented in declassified files and historians' research.
Claimed, but not shown
The exact number and each person's role is still being studied by historians.
Verdict
Confirmed by official records.
checked. real.
Sources
- Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency files
- National Archives records
Connected files (red threads)
- MKUltra — Secret Cold War research programs
- Operation Gladio — Cold War intelligence choices made in secret
- Project Azorian and the Glomar Explorer — Cold War technology and intelligence competition
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