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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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CO5653421 UNCLASSIFIED Chapter 4 186 snubbed by President Kennedy, who one year earlier had warmly wel- comed two Air Force RB-47 fliers released by the Soviet Union. McCone remained hostile to Powers, and in April 1963 he awarded the Intelligence Star to all of the U-2 pilots except Powers. Finally on 25 April 1965, just two days before McCone's resignation became ef- fective, Powers received the Star (which was dated 1963 on the back) from DDCI Marshall S. Carter." Powers' return from captivity raised the question of what his fu- ture employment should be. This issue had already been discussed one year earlier by John N. McMahon, executive officer of the DPD, who noted that he and Col. Leo P. Geary (the Air Force project offi- cer) were concerned about a major dilemma for the CIA and the US Government: I [012958 1.61d1I11>1010<25Yrs " OSA History, chap. 14. p. 54 (TS Codeword). Beschloss. Mayday, p. 397. John N. McMahon to Chief, Cover Staff. DPD. 21 March 1961. Operation files. OSA records tS). " OSA History, chap. 14, p. 52 (TS Codeword). -froacea... UNCLASSIFIED
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 406 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.