Skyhooked : The Untold Shocking True Story of Project COLDFEET and the Fulton Balloon Grab

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Editorial: Gary Covella, Ph.D., 2026

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - SKYHOOKEDThe Untold Shocking True Story of Project COLDFEET and the Fulton Balloon GrabTwo men. A drifting Soviet ice station. No runway. No rescue team.Only a balloon. and a split-second gamble with death.At the height of the Cold War, when the Arctic was a silent battleground and secrets were buried beneath miles of ice, the CIA launched one of the most daring intelligence missions in American history. Its name was Project COLDFEET-and failure was not an option.In SKYHOOKED, historian and investigator Gary Covella, Ph.D. pulls readers into a covert operation so audacious it sounds like fiction, yet every detail is terrifyingly real.A Mission the World Was Never Meant to KnowDeep in the frozen Arctic Ocean, a massive Soviet drifting ice station-abandoned in haste-continued to float silently across hostile waters. Inside were classified documents, advanced surveillance equipment, and intelligence that could tilt the balance of the Cold War.The problem was getting to it.And the bigger problem was getting out.Two American operatives parachuted onto the unstable ice with limited time, brutal conditions, and no conventional extraction plan. As the ice cracked and the station threatened to sink beneath the sea, Washington authorized a last-ditch solution so radical it bordered on madness.The Fulton Balloon Grab: Extraction at the Edge of PhysicsThe escape plan relied on a revolutionary and untested system:A weather balloon, a steel cable, and a low-flying aircraft hurtling through Arctic winds.Known as the Fulton Balloon Recovery System, the technique required a man to be lifted violently into the air-snatched mid-flight by a specially equipped aircraft-while traveling at high speed over a frozen wasteland.There would be no second attempt.Mistime it, and the cable would snap.Miss the hook, and the man would vanish into the ice below.Get it wrong, and the aircraft itself could be destroyed.History Written in Ice, Wind, and WireWith cinematic precision and rigorous research, SKYHOOKED reconstructs the mission moment by moment-from the political pressure inside the CIA, to the psychological strain on the men on the ice, to the terrifying seconds as the balloon rose and the aircraft closed in.This is not just a story about technology.It is a story about human nerve, innovation born of desperation, and the price of secrecy.Covella separates myth from fact, examines the real science behind the Fulton system, and reveals how this operation reshaped intelligence recovery and covert aviation forever.Why SKYHOOKED Is Unlike Any Other Cold War BookA true story more suspenseful than a thrillerRarely discussed CIA Arctic operationsDetailed breakdown of the Fulton Balloon Recovery SystemFirst-hand accounts, declassified records, and historical analysisA forgotten mission that changed espionage historyFor Readers Who Love:Cold War espionage ¿ CIA covert missions ¿ Military innovation ¿ Aviation history ¿ True stories today's thrillers wish they could matchSKYHOOKED is a chilling reminder that some of the Cold War's most dangerous battles were fought not with missiles-but with courage, ingenuity, and a single cable stretched between life and death.Once you start reading, you won't look away.…

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Título
Skyhooked : The Untold Shocking True Story of Project COLDFEET and the Fulton Balloon Grab
Autor
Gary Covella
Editorial
Gary Covella, Ph.D.
Año de publicación
2026
Estado
Neu
Encuadernación
Taschenbuch
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 13
9798233148620
Peso del artículo
249 gramos
Dimensiones
203x127x12 mm

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