The Plot to Kill John Glenn

[Thomas Neal]

Thanks for the further information, Tom. Very interesting.
I will dig further into it. Here is a new article by Bill
Kelly on the subject:

JFKcountercoup
Saturday, December 10, 2016

John Glenn and Operation Dirty Trick

Joe,

Thanks for the link to BK's story. It confirms the info that I received regarding 'radio interference' from the Soviets would be blamed as the cause of the failure. The Atlas missile carried a self-destruct package to be used in the event of a guidance problem with the missile. If the Atlas had exploded, as happened regularly, or if the self-destruct package was detonated by ground controllers, the plan was to say that the Soviets radio interference activated the destruct package. This gave them the option to announce that it was "intentional" i.e. they murdered a US astronaut, or accidental, which would be slightly less damning.

I discovered this info quite a few a few years ago and posted on several sites. It received zero response which surprised the hell out of me... Glad to see there's some interest now.

Given the hero worship of astronauts at that time, it unquestionably would have created vast public support against Cuba and the USA. Given Glenn's distinguished record as a combat fighter pilot, this would have appealed to all Americans.

Thanks again, JFK for refusing "Northwoods." How many times did he prevent WWIII single-handedly? Imagine Reagan or either Bush in the White House at that time - we know what they would have done...

Tom