# Project Wood Duck: CW Doppler Detection Experiments

Compiled by [Robin Monks](https://coldwar.tech/about), a Cold War archival expert.

*Declassified records from Library and Archives Canada documenting Project Wood Duck, the 1954–1955 experimental program that proved continuous-wave Doppler detection technology for the Mid-Canada Line.*

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Document Type | declassified |
| Creator | Defence Research Board / RCAF |
| Date | 1954–1955 |
| Classification | DECLASSIFIED |
| Document ID | e011918809 |
| Original Language | english |

Also attached to this page: the Library and Archives Canada finding aid for the John Chapman fonds (MG31-J43 / R5328, finding aid MSS1960), the file-by-file map of the collection these records came from, including several related files not yet digitized (the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary correspondence, the AN/FPS-503 equipment specifications, and the Mid-Canada Line unusual-readings reports). [Download the finding aid (PDF)](https://coldwar.tech/media/pages/archive/documents/project-wood-duck/7ad43c6733-1783630823/chapman-fonds-finding-aid-mss1960.pdf). © Library and Archives Canada, reproduced for non-commercial research purposes.

## Related

- [The Mid-Canada Line](https://coldwar.tech/systems/mid-canada-line) (Systems)

Tags: Mid-Canada Line, Project Wood Duck, Doppler, CW radar, Defence Research Board, RCAF, Cold War, declassified, Canada

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