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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.

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  • p. 40 …and meetings with every major unit of the US defense and intelligence establish ments. After receiving…
  • p. 98 …The Soviet Union sent strongly worded protest notes to the United States and the nations from…
  • p. 102 …not only press releases and the public Line to be taken, but also the suspension of…
  • p. 107 …in the United Kingdom. At about the ' Ibid.. pp. 17-18 (TS Codeword). ' Press Release of…
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  • p. 167 …By 1957 cooperation be tween the United Kingdom and the United States had expanded to include…
  • p. 174 …Defense Department officials pressed President Eisenhower to authorize renewed overflights to gather up-to-date in…
  • p. 183 …On the 9 April overflight, the U-2 's ELINT-collection unit (System VI) indicated Soviet…
  • p. 195 …in the press about the presence of "spyplanes" on Japanese territory, asked the United States to…
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  • p. 307 …By 1962 the United States had become aware of the effectiveness of a new Soviet radar…
  • p. 315 …To preserve the secrecy of the OXCART program, the Air Force informed the press that an…
  • p. 328 …at times when the press and Congress alleged that the United States was falling behind the…
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Index
lncirlik Airbase, Turkey
113, 181
India
148, 231-232, 237, 247, 319
Indian Parliament
232
Indian Springs, Nevada
274. 130, 132
Indonesia
211-212, 214,319
Indonesian Air Force
212
inertial guidance systems
313
inflatable aircraft
262
infrared camera
282
infrared jammer
336
infrared scanner
238-239
inland waterways
82
instant-film camera
330
intelligence. collection of
16, 31-32. 80-81, 142. 146. 153.
162. 170, I 82. 189. 211, 245. 253,
256. 282. 300,303.310. 315. 319.
322. 333. 336, 339
Intelligence and Research. Bureau of
209
intelligence community
2. 20. 33, 81. 138, 153, 160. 164-165.
170-171, 190. 196, 232-233, 254, 298.
303-304, 322. 339
Intelligence Coordination, Office of
81
intelligence requirements
25-26, 80-82, 114, 122, 154, 188-190,
226. 230,233.250, 253,300,332
Intelligence Requirements Officer
81
Intelligence Star
186
Intelligence Systems Panel (ISP)
21-22, 24-26, 30-32. 35, 327
intercept
87. 108, 124, 126-127, 142, 148,
162. 168, 170. 174, 176-177. 259,
285,317.335
interceptor aircraft
93. 109, 124, 148, 176
intercontinental ballistic missile
137. 159
Interior, Department of the
254
international date line
134
International Geophysical Year
85
international law
110
interrogation
2-3. 183, 241
intruder
109
"invisible" dirigible
18
ion cloud
300
ionosphere
175
Iran
124. 133. 189
Iraq
133. 153
Iron Curtain
I. 17. 93. 95. Ill. 126. 146
ISINGLASS
312
Isle of Pines
205
Israel
113-114. 116-117, 120, 343
Israeli paratroop
117
Israeli-Egyptian conflict
257. 117
Israeli-Syrian disengagement
257
Itek Corporation
331. 250
IX spaceflights
254
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