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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.

  • p. 9 …The struggle between the CIA and the US Air Force to control the U-2 and…
  • p. 72 …2 missions. Access to the photographs taken by the U-2 would be strictly controlled, which…
  • p. 73 …This pact gave the Air Force responsibility for pilot selection and training, weather information, mission plotting…
  • p. 81 …Before the start of a mission, the ground crew set the counters to indicate the total…
  • p. 96 …All of the products from this project would be placed in the new control sys- tem…
  • p. 100 …This was an S-band radar used by Soviet forces for early warning and ground-controlled…
  • p. 113 …The President nevertheless maintained tight control over the program and authorized only 10 days of overflights…
  • p. 128 …the following day, whithi next U-2 mission returned from the Middle East. After quickly developing…
  • p. 140 …Welzenbach (S); Mission folder 4020 (18 Marcn n, CJJA rerar9 ITS Codeword). OSA History. chap. 4…
  • p. 142 …of the first series of U-2 missions as condu this research under a project codenamed…
  • p. 147 …not an easy task in crowded Japan.`) Detachment C began conducting missions in June 1957 after…
  • p. 191 …This revised cover story, along with a mission flight plan consistent with it, was sent to…
  • p. 196 …with Abel's "wife" (probably his Soviet control) in East Germany. In November 1961, Acting DCI…
  • p. 204 …in-the DDP in order to maintain control of his overhead reconnais- sance projects (the U…
  • p. 220 …Strongly favoring Air Force control of the U-2 missions over Cuba. the DOD representatives called…
  • p. 335 …The flood of information that the U-2 missions gathered led to a major expansion of…
  • p. 340 …In 1959 Bissell became Deputy Director for Plans but kept the reconnaissance projects under his control…
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APPENDIX A
Acronyms
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
AFB Air Force Base
AFDAP Air Force office symbol for the Assistant for
Development Planning under the Deputy Chief
of Staff for Development ED 129581.6(d)M>1010<25Yrs
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ATIC
BSAP
BUORL
CONIINT
COMIREX
COM-OR
DB
DCI
DCID
DDCI
DDI
DDP
DDS&T
DPD
DPS
ECM
EG&G
ELINT
FCRC
HASP
IAC
IAS
IC
ICBM
IR
ISP
JRC
MATS
Air Technical Intelligence Center (USAF)
Boston Scientific Advisory Panel
Boston University Optical Research Laboratory
Communications Intelligence
Committee on Imagery Requirements and
Exploitation
Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance
"Dirty Bird"
Director of Central Intelligence
Director of Central Intelligence Directive
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director (or Directorate) for Plans
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Development Projects Division
Development Projects Staff
Electronic Countermeasures
Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Incorporated
Electronic Intelligence
Federally Controlled Research Center
High-Altitude Air Sampling Program
Intelligence Advisory Committee
Indicated air speed
Intelligence community
Intercontinental ballistic missile
Infrared
Intelligence Systems Panel (USAF)
Joint Reconnaissance Center
Military Air Transport Service (USAF)
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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.