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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. 58 …Pedlow, Burbank, California, 26 August 1988. Sbc.et UNCLASSIFIED
  • p. 85 …how to transfer Lockheed employees from Burbank to Iwithout arousing a great deal of curiosity. The…
  • p. 273 …SP-1362, "History of the OXCART Program," Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, CA. 1 July 1968, p…
  • p. 287 …designed trailer truck that carried it from Burbank By 18 November 1959, the mockup was in…
  • p. 297 …Construction began in September 1960; a C-47 shuttle service ferried work crews from Burbank to…
  • p. 299 …The plane left Burbank on 26 February 1962 and arrived at two days later. After the…
  • p. 304 …into the engine nacelles during assembly at Burbank were sucked into the power plant during initial…
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Interviews and Speeches
Interview with Robert Amory, Jr., by Donald E. Welzenbach and
Gregory W. Pedlow, Washington, DC, 22 April 1987 (Secret).
Interview with James G. Baker by Donald E. Welzenbach,
Washington, DC, 24 April 1985 (Secret).
Speech given by Richard Bissell at CIA Headquarters, 12 October
1965 (Top Secret Codeword).
Interview with Joseph V. Charyk by Donald E. Welzenbach,
Washington, DC, 5 December 1984 (Top Secret Codeword).
Interview with former U-2 pilots.
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DC, May (Secret).
Interview with James A. Cunningham, Jr., by Donald E. Welzenbach,
Washington, DC, 4 October 1983 (Top Secret Codeword).
Interview with Allen F. Donovan by Donald E. Welzenbach, Corona
del Mar, California, 20 May 1985 (Secret).
Interview with Brig. Gen. Leo A. Geary, USAF (Ret.), by Donald E.
Welzenbach, 3 April 1986 (Secret).
Interview with Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster by Donald E. Welzenbach
and Gregory W. Pedlow, Washington, DC, 8 July 1987 (Secret).
Speech by Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Halloran (former Air Force U-2 pilot)
at the National Air & Space Museum, 24 April 1986 (Unclassified).
Interview with James R. Killian, Jr. by Donald E. Welzenbach,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2 November 1984 (Secret).
Interview with Edwin H. Land by Donald E. Welzenbach, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 17 and 20 September 1984 (Top Secret Codeword).
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