CIA • 1998
(UNTITLED)
Like giant chessmen, mad-tack pigeon tozvm dot the landscape near Isfahan (following pages). Built in the 1 nth cenhn_? by melon farmers, each of thevvr avian high rises collected and stored natural fertiliser from as many as ;L,000 live-in pigeons, which raided out ' ing wheat fields. Today, their glory acs ended by chemical fertilizers, the tot; era are neglected and largely empty.
U
Declassified
Timeline
- Created
- Nov 4, 2016
- Released
- Oct 27, 1998
- Publication
- Oct 27, 1998
- Case number
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Metadata
Document #
CIA-RDP96-00792R000400470001-2
Case #
—
Document Type
CREST
Collection
STARGATE
Release Decision
RIFPUB
Original Classification
U
Sequence
1
Pages
1 pages
File Size
617.87 KB