Documents / FOIA release
This is a 1992 CIA History Staff monograph by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach, originally classified Secret NOFORN and approved for release in 2013. It covers the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program from 1954 to 1974 and the two aircraft it developed, the U-2 and the A-12 OXCART. The history covers the U-2 overflights of the Soviet Union, the 1960 downing of Francis Gary Powers and later operations in Asia and Latin America. It also includes a section on U-2s, UFOs and Operation BLUE BOOK.
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Secret NOFORN Bibliography Coughlin, William. "Gardner Defends Greater R&D Spending." Aviation Week, 26 September 1955, p. 14. Eastman, Ford. "Defense Officials Concede Missile Lag." Aviation Week, 9 February 1959, pp. 26-27. Edwards, Philip K. "The President's Board: 1956-60." Studies in Intelligence 13 (Summer 1969): p. 118 (Secret). Eisenhower, Dwight D. Waging Peace, 1956-1961. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. Freedman, Lawrence. US Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat. 2nd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. George, A. L. Case Studies of Actual and Alleged Overflights, 1930-1953. Rand Study RM-1349. Santa Monica: Rand, 1955 (Secret). Center Germany, 1951 to 1967. Clandestine Service Historical Series CSHP-41. CIA: History Staff, 1972 (Secret). Hotz, Robert. "Firing of 900-Mile Russian Missile Spurs US Changes." Aviation Week, 20 February 1956, pp. 26-28. . "Russian Air Force Now Gaining in Quality." Aviation Week, 12 March 1956, pp. 286-291. . "Russian Jet Airpower Gains Fast on US." Aviation Week, 23 May 1955, pp. 12-15. "Is Russia Ahead in Missile Race?" US News and World Report, 6 September 1957, pp. 30-33. "Is Russia Really Ahead in Missile Race?" US News and World Report, 4 May 1956, pp. 34-35. "Is Russia Winning the Arms Race?" US News and World Report, 18 June 1954, pp. 28-29. "Is US Really Losing in the Air?" US News and World Report, 18 May 1956, pp. 25-27.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 406 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.