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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.

  • p. 143 …Air Force contract to evaluate ra dars, EG&G operated a small testing facility at Indian…
  • p. 244 …Then in August 1964, following the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the Air Force assumed responsibility for…
  • p. 381 …232 Indian Springs, Nevada 274. 130, 132 Indonesia 211-212, 214,319 Indonesian Air Force 212…
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Index
Pyroceram
268, 271
Q
Quarles, Donald
81, 127, 144-145, 161-162, 263, 267
Quarters Eye
42
quartz glass window
282
Que Building
83, 111
Quemoy
215, 229
QUICK KICK
216
quick-reaction capability
301,313
R
Raborn, William F., Jr.
240, 301, 332
radar
3, 7, 15, 19, 23,, 82, 87, 94, 97, 101.
104- 106, 110-111, 123, 128-130, 132-134,
139, 142, 144, 148, 168, 175-176, 178,
197, 211,215,230, 234-237, 239, 241-243,
247,257, 259-260, 263, 267-271, 273-274,
277,289,294,300, 303-307, 310-311, 317,
331-332, 335-336, 339, 341-342
radar camouflage
128
radar cross section
15,260,263, 267-270, 271, 273-274,
277, 300, 332, 339, 341-343, 110
radar deception
130
radar defense systems
343
radar image
259,332
radar pulses
87, 110, 130, 175, 268, 335
radar signature
341-342
radar technology
7
radar-absorbing
111, 260
radar-deflecting
260
radar-homing unit
342
Radford, Arthur W.
122-124, 126
Radhakrishnan, Savepalli
232
Radiation Laboratories
330
RADINT
189
radio
2, 7, 19, 75, 87, 175-176, 186,
268, 289, 332
RAINBOW
111. 129-130, 259
Ramenskoye, Soviet Union
20. 105
Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico
211
ramjet-powered
262-263. 268. 291
Ramo-Wooldridge firm
335
RAND Corporation
20, 26, 85
Randolph AFB, Tex.as
73
Randsburg Wash
340
Ray, Walter
302
"ray-tracing" programs
52, 55
RB-29 aircraft
3-4
RB-47 aircraft
3, 22. 182. 186
RB-52 aircraft
22
RB-57 aircraft
26, 35, 40, 134. 223
RB-57D aircraft
6, 126. 162
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