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href="/news-information/blog/2017/trying-to-photograph-a-ufo-1" class="state-published url">Trying to Photograph a UFO?</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/images/ufo-day/UFO1.jpg/image.jpg" class="internal-link"><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/images/ufo-day/UFO1.jpg/c13d9d38-5942-4b8e-8acd-bcf307852598.jpeg" class="image-right"></a>You never know what you’ll find when browsing through CIA’s <a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom"><span class="internal-link"><strong>FOIA archives</strong></span></a>…</p> <p>In celebration of World UFO Day, we dug up some long lost tips on how to take photographs of UFOs:</p> <ul><li>Guidance for UFO Photographers [<strong><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/images/ufo-day/Guidance-For-UFO-Photographers.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF 47.9KB</a></strong>]</li> <li>UFO Photographic Information Sheet [<strong><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/images/ufo-day/UFO-Photographic-Information-Sheet.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF 27.6KB</a></strong>]</li> </ul><p></p> <p>That begs the question: Did CIA really investigate UFOs?</p> <p>This is one of the most common FOIA inquiries we receive. Whether a skeptic or believer, discover the facts for yourself by <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-our-x-files.html" class="internal-link"><strong>taking a peek into our “X-Files,”</strong></a> and then learn all the ins-and-outs of <strong><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/how-to-investigate-a-flying-saucer.html" class="internal-link">how to investigate a flying saucer</a></strong> claim.</p></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Jun 01, 2017</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2017/oss-75th-anniversary" class="state-published url">OSS 75th Anniversary</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p><strong><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/images/oss-75-anniversary/OSS_slider_graphic.jpg/image.jpg" class="image-inline"></strong></p> <hr><h3><strong>The Glorious Amateurs: OSS Turns 75!<br></strong></h3> <p>The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) is the precursor of today’s CIA. Created on June 13, 1942, just after America's entry into WWII, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed <span class="internal-link">William “Wild Bill” Donovan</span>, a highly decorated WWI officer, as Director of the OSS. Donovan organized the OSS to reflect his vision of a national intelligence center, uniquely combining research and analysis, covert operations, counterintelligence, espionage, and technical development.</p> <p>Today’s CIA derives a significant institutional and spiritual legacy from the OSS. In some cases, this legacy descended directly: key personnel, files, funds, procedures, and contacts. In other cases, the legacy is less tangible but no less real: the professionalization of intelligence, the organizational esprit de corps, the essential role of national intelligence in policy-making and war fighting. The CIA owes a debt of gratitude to the OSS and to Donovan, the charismatic leader and moving force behind it.</p> <p>This month, as we celebrate OSS’s 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary, we will showcase some of the fine women and men who made up America’s first intelligence agency. Some stories will be quite familiar to many of you, while others highlight officers whose stories were lost to history only to be rediscovered after digging through the yellowed files of dusty archives. And some characters are famous personalities in their own right, but whose affiliation with OSS may surprise you.</p> <p>Throughout the month of June, we will highlight a different OSS officer every day. Find links to their stories below. <em>Visit often, as new links will appear daily</em>.</p> <p style="text-align: center; ">* * * #OSS75 * * *</p> <h3><strong>OSS Officer of the Day: <em></em><br></strong></h3> <p><span class="internal-link">June 30: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/virginia-hall-the-courage-and-daring-of-the-limping-lady.html" class="internal-link">The Courage and Daring of "The Limping Lady" - Virginia Hall </a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 29: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/barbara-lauwers.html" class="internal-link">Deceiving the Enemy - Barbara Lauwers</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 28: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2017-featured-story-archive/stephanie-czech-rader.html" class="internal-link"><em>“What the Heck Was I Gonna Do With a Dumb Gun?”</em> - The Derring-Do of Stephanie Czech Rader</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 27: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/marlene-dietrich.html" class="internal-link">Singing for a Cause - Marlene Dietrich</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 26: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2010-featured-story-archive/maria-gulovich.html" class="internal-link">The Indomitable Maria Gulovich</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 25: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/jack-smith.html" class="internal-link">The Analytical Giant - Russell Jack Smith</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 24: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2015/the-oss-architect-who-designed-the-un-logo.html" class="internal-link">The OSS Architect Who Designed the UN Logo - Oliver Lincoln Lundquist</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 23: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/moe-berg.html" class="internal-link">The Brainiest Man in Baseball: Moe Berg</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 22: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/mystery-of-jane-wallis-burrell.html" class="internal-link">The Mystery of Jane Wallis Burrell</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 21: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/lyman-kirkpatrick.html" class="internal-link">"Hell on Wheels" - Lyman Kirkpatrick</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 20: <a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/index.html#!/artifact/191"><span class="internal-link">Sala Dasananda - Free Thai Movement</span></a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 19: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/201cspy-girl201d-betty-mcintosh-turns-100-years-old.html" class="internal-link">Spy Girl - Betty McIntosh</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 18: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-negotiator.html" class="internal-link">The Negotiator - James Donovan</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 17: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/first-female-intel-cartographer.html" class="internal-link">The First Female Intelligence Cartographer - Marion Frieswyk</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 16: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/chiyoki-ikeda.html" class="internal-link">From Star Student to True Patriot - Remembering Chiyoki "Chick" Ikeda</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 15: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2010-featured-story-archive/oss-heroes-stephen-hall.html" class="internal-link">The Saboteur of Brenner Pass - Roderick Stephen Hall</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 14: </span><span class="internal-link"><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/julia-child.html" class="internal-link">Life Before French Cuisine - Julia Child</a></span><strong><span class="internal-link"><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/julia-child.html" class="internal-link"> </a></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span class="internal-link">June 13: </span><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/#!/story/11">Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Office of Strategic Services! <em><span class="_58cn"><span class="_5afx"><span class="_5afz _58cl">#</span></span></span><span class="_58cn"><span class="_5afx"><span class="_58cm">OSS75</span></span></span></em></a></strong></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 12: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2017-featured-story-archive/peter-ortiz.html" class="internal-link">Legionnaire, OSS Officer, US Marine and Hollywood Heartthrob - Peter Ortiz</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 11: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/john-ford.html" class="internal-link">War Movies - John Ford</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 10: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/arthur-goldberg.html" class="internal-link">Fighting for Justice - Arthur Goldberg</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 9: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/remembering-cias-heroes-nels-benny-benson.html" class="internal-link">Remembering CIA's Heroes - Nels "Benny" Benson</a><br></span></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 8: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2017-featured-story-archive/christian-lambertsen-secret-story-behind-scuba.html" class="internal-link">Christian Lambertsen and the Secret Story Behind Scuba</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 7</span>: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2011-featured-story-archive/walter-pforzheimer.html" class="internal-link">The Collector - </a><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2011-featured-story-archive/walter-pforzheimer.html" class="internal-link">Walter Pforzheimer</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 6</span>: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/joe-procaccino.html" class="internal-link">Ask Joe - Remembering CIA Founding Member and Hero, Joe Procaccino</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 5</span>: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2017-featured-story-archive/remembering-ambassador-montgomery.html" class="internal-link">The History-Maker - Remembering Ambassador Hugh Montgomery</a><strong><br></strong></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 4</span><em></em>: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/robert-carey-broughton.html" class="internal-link">From Walt Disney to War Movies - Robert Carey Broughton</a></p> <p><span class="internal-link">June 3: </span><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/the-spymasters-assistant.html" class="internal-link"><em></em>The Spymaster's Assistant - Fisher Howe</a></p> <p>June 2: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/people-of-the-cia-eloise-page.html" class="internal-link">CIA Trailblazer - Eloise Page</a></p> <p>June1: <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/gen.-william-j.-donovan-heads-oss.html" class="internal-link">The Father of American Intelligence - Gen. William "Wild Bill" Donovan</a></p></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Jan 04, 2017</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2017/cias-top-10-stories-of-2016" class="state-published url">CIA's Top 10 Stories of 2016</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/images/top10_2016-slider.jpg/image.jpg" class="image-inline"></p> <hr><p>Interested in taking a peek into <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-our-x-files.html" class="internal-link">our X-Files</a>? Want to know more about <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-legend-of-hercules-mulligan.html" class="internal-link">Hamilton’s spy</a> on the inside? Curious how to make<a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/cias-oldest-classified-docs.html" class="internal-link"> invisible ink</a>? Then you’re in luck.</p> <p>This year’s most popular stories on cia.gov have a little something for everyone.</p> <p>From tributes to our unsung heroes who lost their lives in service to their country, to the surprising truth behind who was the first to crack the ENIGMA cipher (hint: it wasn’t Alan Turing), our articles have covered a lot of topics.</p> <p>We hope you enjoy this year’s Top 10 stories, and we can’t wait to surprise you with more untold tales, little know wonders, and heroic endeavors in 2017!</p> <p align="center">* * * * *</p> <p>#10. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/bush-as-director-of-central-intelligence.html" class="internal-link">Bush as Director of Central Intelligence</a></p> <p>#9. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/spy-catcher-jeanne-vertefeuille.html" class="internal-link">The Spy Catcher: Jeanne Vertefeuille</a></p> <p>#8. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/who-first-cracked-the-enigma-cipher.html" class="internal-link">Who First Cracked the ENIGMA Cipher?</a></p> <p>#7. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/remembering-cias-heroes-leslianne-shedd.html" class="internal-link">Remembering CIA’s Heroes: Leslianne Shedd</a></p> <p>#6. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/cias-oldest-classified-docs.html" class="internal-link">Secret Writing</a></p> <p>#5. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-spymasters-toolkit.html" class="internal-link">The Spymaster’s Toolkit</a></p> <p>#4. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/mystery-of-jane-wallis-burrell.html" class="internal-link">The Mystery of Jane Wallis Burrell: First CIA Officer To Die in the Agency’s Service</a></p> <p>#3. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/minutes-and-years-the-bin-ladin-operation.html" class="internal-link">Minutes and Years: The Bin Ladin Operation</a></p> <p>#2. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-legend-of-hercules-mulligan.html" class="internal-link">The Legend of Hercules Mulligan</a></p> <p>#1. <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-our-x-files.html" class="internal-link">Take a Peek Into Our X-Files</a></p> <hr><p><em><strong>Interested in more stories?</strong> </em></p> <ul><li>Check out our <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/stories-you-may-have-missed-in-2016.html" class="internal-link">Surprising Stories You May Have Missed in 2016</a>.</li> <li>For last year's best stories, see <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2015/top-15-of-2015.html" class="internal-link">CIA's Top 15 Stories of 2015</a>.</li> </ul></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Jan 04, 2017</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2017/stories-you-may-have-missed-in-2016" class="state-published url">Surprising Stories You May Have Missed in 2016</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/images/top-stories_2016_2.jpg/image.jpg" class="image-inline"></p> <hr><p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/Anthology-CIA-and-the-Wars-in-Southeast-Asia/index.html" class="internal-link">Vietnam</a>, <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/mapmakers-craft.html" class="internal-link">cartography</a>, the <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion.html" class="internal-link">Bay of Pigs</a>, <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/how-to-investigate-a-flying-saucer.html" class="internal-link">UFOs</a> … curious what CIA has to say about these topics? You’re not alone. That’s why we dug deep into our archives to uncover the stories behind some of the most asked about Agency history, and then wrote about what we found as articles throughout this past year.</p> <p>If you missed any of the articles, don’t worry.</p> <p>Below, in no particular order, are the tales of CIA’s past that you might have wondered about, but never knew we wrote about in 2016.</p> <p align="center">* * * * *</p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/how-to-investigate-a-flying-saucer.html" class="internal-link">Flying Saucers or Soviets? How to Investigate a UFO</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/trigon-spies-passing-in-the-night.html" class="internal-link">TRIGON: Spies Passing in the Night</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-negotiator.html" class="internal-link">The Negotiator</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion.html" class="internal-link">The Bay of Pigs Invasion</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/telling-data-stories.html" class="internal-link">Telling Data Stories: An Interview</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/Anthology-CIA-and-the-Wars-in-Southeast-Asia/index.html" class="internal-link">CIA and the Wars in Southeast Asia</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/mapmakers-craft.html" class="internal-link">The Mapmaker’s Craft: A History of Cartography at CIA</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/remembering-cias-heroes-nels-benny-benson.html" class="internal-link">Remembering CIA’s Heroes: Nels “Benny” Benson</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/contingency-for-every-action-painting.html" class="internal-link">A Contingency for Every Action</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/20-years-of-pride.html" class="internal-link">Twenty Years of Pride</a></p> <hr><p><em><strong>Interested in more stories?</strong> </em></p> <ul><li>Check out our <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2017/cias-top-10-stories-of-2016.html" class="internal-link">Top 10 Stories of 2016</a>.</li> <li>For last year's most popular stories, see <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2015/top-15-of-2015.html" class="internal-link"><span class="internal-link">CIA's Top 15 Stories of 2015</span></a>.</li> </ul></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Sep 27, 2016</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2016/cia-receives-naaap-milestone-honor-and-silver-sponsor-award" class="state-published url">CIA Receives NAAAP Milestone Honor and Silver Sponsor Award</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/NAAAP%20award.jpg/7fb8887a-d2f0-4d58-9fcb-2b8af2032732.jpeg" class="image-left">The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) recently honored CIA with a “Milestone Honor and Silver Sponsor Award” in recognition of the Agency’s continuous support to the organization for over 10 years.</p> <p>The NAAAP is a non-profit organization that cultivates and empowers Asian Pacific Islander American leaders through professional development, community service, and networking.</p> <p>The Agency partners with NAAAP to develop recruitment and community outreach opportunities in the Asian Pacific Islander American community via the association’s national, regional, and local chapters.</p> <p>The CIA’s partnership with NAAAP is one of many ways that the Agency moves towards its <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2016-press-releases-statements/cia-releases-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-for-2016-2019.html" class="internal-link">diversity and inclusion goal</a> of being an “employer of choice” for all communities.</p></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Jul 21, 2016</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2016/who-first-cracked-the-enigma-cipher" class="state-published url">Who First Cracked the ENIGMA Cipher? </span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/ENIGMA.jpg/image.jpg" class="internal-link"><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/ENIGMA.jpg/9cd83142-f614-4948-afd0-5fcd7c88320a.jpeg" class="image-left"></a>During World War II, the Germans used ENIGMA, a cipher machine, to develop nearly unbreakable codes for sending messages. ENIGMA’s settings offered approx. 158,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible solutions, yet the Allies were eventually able to <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/cracking-the-code.html" class="internal-link"><b>crack its code</b></a>.</p> <p>The machine was developed by the Dutch to communicate banking secrets. The Germans bought the patent in 1923 for intelligence purposes. Polish intelligence was able to purchase an ENIGMA at a trade fair and procure a codebook from a French agent.</p> <p>In the 1930s, the French had recruited a source who had provided numerous classified documents about the machine; they then approached the British, the Czechs, and the Poles, who took the fullest advantage of the information.</p> <p>Poland was the first to realize that the solution to breaking ENIGMA would most likely be discovered by a mathematician. Polish cryptanalysts as early as 1932 could decode German ciphers and, by 1939, they were able to successfully decipher messages written with an earlier version of ENIGMA using a replica machine that could emulate the way ENIGMA worked.</p> <p>By 1933, Poland had demonstrated the ability to break those early ciphers and, by the following year, were producing their own <a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/index.html#!/artifact/67"><b>ENIGMA machines</b></a>.</p> <p><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/ENIGMA_close.jpg/image.jpg" class="internal-link"><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/ENIGMA_close.jpg/318c3a5f-c2dc-48f1-9bab-c971ad75884b.jpeg" class="image-right"></a>July 24-26, 1939, Poland hosted a secret tripartite meeting with the United Kingdom and France to discuss the decryption of messages from the German ENIGMA machine. They explained how they had broken ENIGMA, produced two copies of the machine they had built, and shared technical drawings of their version of “the Bombe,” a device that could find ENIGMA keys by testing tens of thousands of possible combinations.</p> <p>When Poland was overrun by Germany in September 1939, the Polish as well as French cryptanalysts shared everything they knew about ENIGMA with the UK, which allowed the cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, including the famous <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/the-enigma-of-alan-turing.html" class="internal-link"><b>Alan Turing</b></a>, to finally crack the ENIGMA ciphers.</p></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Jun 07, 2016</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2016/cia-memorial-garden" class="state-published url">CIA Memorial Garden and Koi Pond</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p></p><dl style="width:200px;" class="image-right captioned"><dt><a rel="lightbox" href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/memorial-garden/Memorial_Garden_plants.jpg/image.jpg"><img src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/memorial-garden/Memorial_Garden_plants.jpg/129d8112-2f19-40db-b973-08c29aab1006.jpeg" alt="Memorial_Garden_plants.jpg" title="Memorial_Garden_plants.jpg" height="133" width="200"></a></dt> <dd class="image-caption" style="width:200px;">CIA Memorial Garden</dd> </dl>Through the quiet beauty of living nature, the CIA Memorial Garden is a tribute to all deceased intelligence officers and contractors who served their country. <p>Dedicated on June 7, 1996, the garden is located on a hillside between the Original Headquarters Building and the Auditorium at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It is one of several memorials on the CIA compound (including the <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/intelligence-history/oss/index.htm" class="internal-link"><b>Office of Strategic Services </b></a><span class="internal-link">Memorial</span> and the <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/cia-memorial-wall-publication/index.html" class="internal-link"><b>CIA Memorial Wall</b></a>).</p> <p></p><dl style="width:200px;" class="image-right captioned"><dt><a rel="lightbox" href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/memorial-garden/Memorial_Garden.jpg/image.jpg"><img src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/memorial-garden/Memorial_Garden.jpg/69c5fe25-8e57-42b2-9f67-de91f966c43f.jpeg" alt="Memorial_Garden.jpg" title="Memorial_Garden.jpg" height="133" width="200"></a></dt> <dd class="image-caption" style="width:200px;">Memorial Garden at CIA HQ</dd> </dl>The garden is a blend of natural and landscaped plantings amid stone outcroppings from which a cascade of water continuously falls into a large fishpond, providing a tranquil and reflective place for Agency employees. Koi fish in shades of gold, pearl, and coral swim peacefully beneath the waters. The words, "In remembrance of those whose unheralded efforts served a grateful nation," are cast in a brass plaque set in fieldstone to ensure the living will not forget the fallen.</div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Apr 28, 2016</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2016/cias-oldest-classified-docs" class="state-published url">Secret Writing: CIA’s Oldest Classified Documents</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/Secret_Ink.jpg/b947c7f7-89b3-4409-8f8c-5ec2c3ff000b.jpeg" class="image-left">Do you want to read the oldest classified documents in our collection? Learn how to make invisible ink? See the only classified documents still in existence from the first World War? Then you’re in luck.</p> <p>Five years ago, the CIA declassified the US Government’s six oldest classified documents, dating from 1917 and 1918. These documents, which describe secret writing techniques and are housed at the <a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.archives.gov/"><b>National Archives</b></a>, are believed to be the only remaining classified documents from the World War I era. Documents describing secret writing fall under the CIA’s purview to declassify.</p> <p>“These documents remained classified for nearly a century until recent advancements in technology made it possible to release them,” former CIA Director Leon Panetta said during the document’s release 2011. “When historical information is no longer sensitive, we take seriously our responsibility to share it with the American people.”</p> <p>One document outlines the chemicals and techniques necessary for developing certain types of secret writing ink and a method for opening sealed letters without detection. Another memorandum dated June 14, 1918 – written in French – reveals the formula the German’s used to produce invisible ink.</p> <p>The documents are available on the CIA.gov <a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/"><span class="internal-link"><strong><span class="external-link">eFOIA</span></strong></span></a> section and in the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST) at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. CREST currently houses nearly 13 million pages of declassified Agency documents. Since 1995, the Agency has released over 36 million pages as a result of Executive Orders, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act, and mandatory declassification reviews.</p> <hr><p><i>See the Secret Writing documents for yourself by clicking on the links below:</i></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/4187/Secret-writing-document-one.pdf">Secret writing document one</a> (PDF 447 KB)<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/4187/Secret-writing-document-two.pdf">Secret writing document two</a> (PDF 1.06 MB)<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/4187/Secret-writing-document-three.pdf">Secret writing document three</a> (PDF 427 KB)<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/4187/Secret-writing-document-four.pdf">Secret writing document four</a> (PDF 2.70 MB)<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/4187/Secret-writing-document-five.pdf">Secret writing document five</a> (PDF 438 KB)<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/4187/Secret-writing-document-six.pdf">Secret writing document six</a> (PDF 1.45 MB)</p></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Jan 21, 2016</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-our-x-files" class="state-published url">Take a Peek Into Our “X-Files” </span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p>The CIA declassified hundreds of documents in 1978 detailing the Agency’s investigations into Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). The documents date primarily from the late 1940s and 1950s.</p> <p>To help navigate the vast amount of data contained in our <a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/ufos-fact-or-fiction">FOIA UFO collection</a>, we’ve decided to highlight a few documents both skeptics and believers will find interesting. Below you will find five documents we think <i>X-Files</i> character Agent Fox Mulder would love to use to try and persuade others of the existence of extraterrestrial activity. We also pulled five documents we think his skeptical partner, Agent Dana Scully, could use to prove there is a scientific explanation for UFO sightings.</p> <p>The truth is out there; click on the links to find it.</p> <hr><p><b><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/UFO2.jpg/image.jpg" class="internal-link"><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/UFO2.jpg/4bf760c0-3e2a-4f5d-a9f6-390e0358f229.jpeg" class="image-right"></a>Top 5 CIA Documents Mulder Would Love To Get His Hands On:</b></p> <ol><li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015464.pdf">Flying Saucers Reported Over East Germany, 1952</a> (PDF 325 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015441.pdf">Minutes of Branch Chief’s Meeting on UFOs, 11 August 1952</a> (PDF 162 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015465.pdf">Flying Saucers Reported Over Spain and North Africa, 1952</a> (PDF 266 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015341.pdf">Survey of Flying Saucer Reports, 1 August 1952</a> (PDF 175 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015463.pdf">Flying Saucers Reported Over Belgian Congo Uranium Mines, 1952</a> (PDF 262 KB)</li> </ol><p><b><a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/Socorro_Investigators1.jpg/image.jpg" class="internal-link"><span class="internal-link"><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/images/Socorro_Investigators1.jpg/b432e450-f700-4bc5-ba0a-5c3db46e4c37.jpeg" class="image-right"></span></a>Top 5 CIA Documents Scully Would Love To Get Her Hands On:</b></p> <ol><li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015458.pdf">Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, 14-17 January 1953</a> (PDF 907 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015337.pdf">Office Memorandum on Flying Saucers, 15 March 1949</a> (PDF 110 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015339.pdf">Memorandum to the CIA Director on Flying Saucers, 2 October 1952</a> (PDF 443 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015352.pdf">Meeting of the OSI Advisory Group on UFOs, 21 January 1953</a> (PDF 194 KB)</li> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142559/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000015345.pdf">Memorandum for the Record on Flying Saucers, 3 December 1952</a> (PDF 179 KB)</li> </ol><p><em><strong><br></strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Do you want to believe? </strong></em>Then find out <a href="/web/20170704142559/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/how-to-investigate-a-flying-saucer.html" class="internal-link">how to investigate a flying saucer</a>.</p></div> </div> <span class="documentByLine"> </span> </dt> <dt class=""> <div class="blogEntry"> <div class="contenttype-agencypage blogSummary"> <span class="blogDate">Dec 31, 2015</span> <span class="blogDescription"> <span href="/news-information/blog/2015/top-15-of-2015" class="state-published url">CIA's Top 15 Stories of 2015</span> </span> </div> <div class="blogText comment more"><p>Think you know the CIA? Some of these stories might just surprise you...</p> <p><img title="" alt="" src="/web/20170704142559im_/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2015/images/Best_of_2015_Geo%20slider.jpg/image.jpg" class="image-inline"></p> <p>This year we dove deep into our archives to uncover some of the most unexpected and fascinating aspects of our history. From behind the walls of one of America’s most mysterious sites to a rumored recipe Julia Child cooked up to keep the sharks at bay, this year’s most popular stories on cia.gov covered a lot of unusual ground. Unsung heroes who lost their lives in service to their country, the true story behind a famous photograph during the Fall of Saigon, dog training tips from one of the best scent-detection programs in the world...we covered it all. So sit back and enjoy the CIA’s 15 most popular stories of 2015. 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