Operation On-Target

[7] Many units spend time in the weeks or months before the actual event learning communications skills like ham radio[8] and signaling.

[1] The classic large Operation On-Target signal mirror is a modular design with four square feet of reflecting area, transported in backpacks and assembled on-site.

[1][17] Operation On-Target was foreshadowed by the 1964–1965 "Signal Festival"[18] organized by Glannin A. Cloward, a former U.S. Air Force pilot and World War II veteran.

Several dozen local residents, seeing bright flashes from the peak, improvised return signals using household mirrors from locations around the valley approximately 5 to 25 miles away.

Mr. Cloward organized similar activities involving one to three scout units multiple times from 1965 to 1979 from various mountain peaks in central and northern Utah.