Show FALCONS TO ATTACK parachutists CARRIER PIGEONS great clouds of lightening swift falcons fierce birds of prey that are to be armed with specially designed knives harnessed to their bodies may soon be tearing enemy parachute troops to shreds if exi peri ments now under progress by i the army signal corps at fort mon mouth N J prove successful two hundred to three hundred of these ferocious birds are to be trained by army specialists to fly against ene my parachutists with the object of ripping holes through the silk and causing them to collapse in midair the traditionally cruel drumbeat assault of the falcons talons reinforced by steel blades attached to the bodies of the birds would slash the parachutists and make rags of the parachute according to officers in charge of the program falcons can dive at three hundred miles an hour A second objective of these experiments peri ments is to attack carrier pigeons released by opposition forces we can tell by seeing a pigeon in midair mid air whether its one of ours said lt macclure who is in charge of the falcon training program |