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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 May 2017

      CIA #Museum Artifact of the Week: #Skyhook Extraction Mechanism Instructions http://bit.ly/2rRxlDo pic.twitter.com/z6cBq1bkC0

      29 replies 138 retweets 343 likes
    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 May 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      #Skyhook was an adaptation of UK & US devices used in 1940s & 1950s to allow a plane to pick up people or cargo from ground without landing.

      16 replies 47 retweets 78 likes
    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 May 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      Helium balloon would lift a 500-foot line into the air. Cargo or person was strapped to harness @ other end of the line. #Skyhookpic.twitter.com/VPnnjDDbYY

      15 replies 44 retweets 74 likes
    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 May 2017
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      A low-flying, slow-moving plane, like a B-17, w #Skyhook device on its nose would snag lift line, sweeping cargo or person off the ground.

      15 replies 42 retweets 118 likes
      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 May 2017

      Plane’s crew winched harness aboard aircraft in a few minutes. Used in 1962 as part of Operation COLDFEET. #Skyhook http://1.usa.gov/1GZlB3x pic.twitter.com/XhoJHEw3vY

      12:32 PM - 30 May 2017
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        1. David O'Halloran‏ @biscate9 30 May 2017
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          #Thunderball .. #007 wasn't it..?

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        1. LW_Drives ن‏ @lawebber215 30 May 2017
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          That looks like a gold-plated E-ticket ride!

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        1. luciano butte‏ @ButteLuciano 31 May 2017
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          Account in suisse or safe to son of the king

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        1. luciano butte‏ @ButteLuciano 31 May 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          This was is son of the king E.T benjamin franklin rooswelt or Crown well immortal conserved in ice times square is sun eletronicpic.twitter.com/h6jtRNaeQ4

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        1. Mark A Salvatore‏ @MarkASalvatore1 31 May 2017
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          Thanks this is really neat.

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        1. Bitch CIA‏ @BitchCIA1 30 May 2017
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          The dogs of their master Israel

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        1. Bitch CIA‏ @BitchCIA1 30 May 2017
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          Ugly organization for service their master Israel

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        1. Bitch CIA‏ @BitchCIA1 30 May 2017
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          If you make it to show herself to me you have good road I will approve to that you are on my cock all

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        1. Archfeldspar‏ @Archfeldspar1 30 May 2017
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          "Sky Hook"....One way to get people out...at least they know that they are "not abandoned".

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