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CIA-UAP-003, The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974
Central Intelligence Agency · 1954 · 406 pages · text from the file's own layer
This is a Secret History Staff monograph by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach of the Central Intelligence Agency, published in 1992. It gives a history of the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program from 1954 to 1974, covering the development and operation of the U-2 and the A-12 OXCART aircraft. It covers overflights of the Soviet Union, the 1960 downing of Francis Gary Powers, and later operations. One section is titled "U-2s, UFOs, and Operation BLUE BOOK."
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 This CIA History Staff document chronicles the complete history of the U-2 and OXCART (A-12) high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft programs from 1954 to 1974, detailing their development, operations over the Soviet Union and other targets worldwide, the famous downing of Francis Gary Powers in 1960, organizational reforms following that incident, and the eventual transfer of operations from CIA to Air Force control. A more redacted version of this document has been available on CIA's public website.
“Cooper”12 pages
- p. 5 …139
Cooperation With Norway ....................................................................... 142
Declining Overflight Activity.................................................................... 143
Concerns About Soviet Countermeasures Against the U…
- p. 7 …320
Cooperation With the Air Force ............................................................. 321
Impact of the Overhead Reconnaissance Program o n the…
- p. 91 …Early in the program Bissell and
Ritland had foreseen such an emergency and, with the cooperation…
- p. 95 …their awareness of the vital nature of their
mission kept the level of cooperation high. The…
- p. 143 …deception project since its early days,
he cooperated reluctantly because he disliked adding attachments that
made…
- p. 155 …the
beginning of cooperation between CIA and the Norwegian
Intelligence Service on the U-2 program…
- p. 167 …By 1957 cooperation be
tween the United Kingdom and the United States had expanded to
include…
- p. 169 …a logical ex
tension of the close cooperation that already existed between the two
countries on…
- p. 196 …as possible while giving the appearance of cooperating with his cap
tors. To extract the maximum…
- p. 287 …by Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier (EG&G) in
cooperation with the Scientific Engineering Institute at a small…
- p. 302 …Halaby cooperated fully
with the Agency and personally briefed all FAA regional chiefs on how
to…
- p. 334 …The cooperation between the Agency and the
Air Force that began with the U-2 and…
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Official release, from the pursue 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.