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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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Chapter 5 211 CO5653421 UNCLASSIFIED other means. Although by late 1962 photographic satellites had be- come an integral part of the overhead collection program, only U-2s could provide the highly detailed photography that photointerpreters needed to spot the early stages of work on missile sites. Attempts had been made to photograph Cuba with satellites, but to no avail because the satellites' normal orbits placed them over Cuba at the wrong time of day, after clouds had formed. U-2s Over Agency U-2s again conducted operations in the Western Hemisphere in December 1963. The Directorate of Plans had requestedphoto- graphic coverage of and neighboring e- cause of guerrilla activities conducted by a pro-Castro movement Supplies far this movement appeared to be coming across we Dowel from On 30 November 1963, the NSC Special Group approvea overnights of the order to determine the scope and rate o Du naup ot guci- riila rorces. The Special Group stipulated that the entire effort was to be conducted without the knowledge of either the Within three days, several Detachment G aircraft and pilots de- ployed to Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, from which they made six flights over the border areas between 3 and 19 December 1963 in an operation known as SEAFOAM. The results of the effort were in- conclusive, and the task force returned to Edwards AFB on 22 December."' U-2 OPERATIONS IN ASIA OSA History, chap. 16. pp. 35-36 (TS Codeword). (012950 1.6W1111>1011,425Yrs (Si (012958 1.6(dli1l>10101010<25Yrs (Si UNCLASSIFIED
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 406 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.