Twenty years ago, the US DoD asked “What color is my parachute [programmed in]?” The answer was `Green,’ and the rest is history, or so we have been told. But there is more to this story—much, much more. By piecing together information from unclassified documents, we are now able—for the first time—to bring you the real story of the Ada Project, whose secrecy, scope and cost rival those of the Manhattan Project.