Operation Sea-Spray

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf biological warfare experiment
gptkbp:agentUsed gptkb:Serratia_marcescens
Bacillus globigii
gptkbp:casualties at least one death possibly linked to the experiment
gptkbp:class secret military project
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:date September 1950
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Sea-Spray
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:method aerosol release from ships
gptkbp:notifiedPublic no
gptkbp:publicDisclosure 1976
gptkbp:purpose to test the vulnerability of a city to biological warfare
gptkbp:relatedTo biological warfare testing in the United States
gptkbp:result increased infections in local hospitals
widespread dispersal of bacteria over San Francisco
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._biological_weapons_program
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7