sjb (06/06/82)
The top secret DoD cargo was loaded aboard the Columbia today, and officials of the Air Force would not comment on it. NASA spokesman Dick Young said that it was loaded aboard but he did not have any other information to give. The Pentagon would not say what it was, but they did say that it would not be placed into orbit but rather brought back down with the shuttle. Speculation at KSC is that it contains infrared sensors for high-altitude night photography.