10 Bizarre Cold War Tales Left Out of History Books-- Part 1: Bears in Planes

From the March 27, 2015, ListVerse by Marc V.

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10.  North Korea and the U.S. almost went to war over a tree in what is called the Poplar Tree Incident on August 17, 1976.

9.  The U.S. created a ring of copper around the Earth.  Five hundred copper needles launched into space in 1963 in Project West Ford.

8.  U.S. Air Force used bears as test pilots.  Sedated bears were used in experiments to determine ejection capsules from supersonic aircraft.  No deaths, but major injuries.

--CootTree