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This is a CIA History Staff monograph by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach, published in Washington in 1992 and approved for release in 2011. It covers the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program from 1954 to 1974, which developed and flew the U-2 and the A-12 OXCART. It traces the U-2's development, the overflights of the Soviet Union, the downing of Francis Gary Powers on 1 May 1960, and later operations. One section is titled U-2s, UFOs, and Operation BLUE BOOK.

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  • p. 222 …CIA's U-2 Detachment at Edwards Air Force Base on 11 October, and the CIA…
  • p. 234 …were incorporated into Detachment G at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This detachment was now…
  • p. 269 …s Detachment G at Edwards Air Force Base could deploy air- craft nd begin filming the…
  • p. 308 Chapter 6 295 CO5653421 UNCLASSIFIED these aircraft were hastily flown to Edwards Air Force Base. From…
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APPROVED FOR
RELEASE DATE:
.16-Jul-2011
THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY AND
OVERHEAD X
RECONNAISSANCE
The U-2 and OXCART
Programs, 1954- 1974
Gregory W. Pedlow and
Donald E. Welzenbach

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