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(NewsNation) — The newly declassified documents from the John F. Kennedy assassination files have shed light on David Lamar Christ, an American intelligence operative imprisoned in Cuba during the 1960s whose case raised significant national security concerns.
According to the files, Christ was involved in “Operation Palladium,” a covert American program designed to spoof unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) in Soviet airspace. The operation aimed to create false radar readings that would lead Soviet defense systems to dismiss actual threats as phantom readings in the event of a genuine American strike.
Former Australian intelligence official Geoff Cruickshank, who analyzed the recently released documents, confirmed that the declassified National Security Council notes reveal U.S. authorities were actively planning to break Christ out of Cuban captivity.
American officials were concerned that under torture or interrogation, Christ might reveal sensitive details about Operation Palladium to the Soviets.
“They were trying to break him out,” Cruickshank told NewsNation.
The documents suggest a possible connection between Christ’s imprisonment and the Bay of Pigs invasion, with Cruickshank noting that “a lot of people have thought that maybe the Bay of Pigs was actually a cover for the jailbreak.”
Cuban authorities apparently anticipated such a rescue attempt.
According to Cruickshank, they had “lined the Isle of Pines prison with explosives” to prevent a jailbreak, prepared to “blow it up and kill Christ and everyone with him,” if necessary.
The newly declassified files also indicate that Kennedy had concerns about anomalous objects detected during American thermonuclear weapons tests in the Pacific. Kennedy reportedly worried these phenomena might be misinterpreted by the Soviets as signs of an impending American attack.
Cruickshank said he believes now is the “perfect time” for the CIA to be fully transparent, otherwise it could be a “slow-moving trainwreck for them for months.”