Project Vista

<p>Project Vista was a top secret study conducted by prominent physicists, researchers, military officers, and staff at <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a> from April 1 to December 1, 1951. The project got its name from the <a href="/facts/Vista_del_Arroyo_Hotel/0gRDyc4w">Vista del Arroyo Hotel</a> in <a href="/facts/Pasadena,_California/Y6AEEI03">Pasadena, California</a>, which was selected as the headquarters for the study. The project was originally meant to analyze possible improvements relating to the relationship between ground and tactical <a href="/facts/Air_warfare/DrDhkkQ1">air warfare</a>. Initially, project Vista was not meant to be specific to a certain geographical region, but the focus was quickly set towards Western Europe, as the immediate threat to Europe, United States, and <a href="/facts/NATO/dCeTddMY">NATO</a>, was the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. The report was buried after its release, and was only partially declassified in 1980.
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Project Vista