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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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380 Secret NOFORN Index Russell, Richard B. 88 Ryan Aircraft 343 s S-band radar 87 sailplane 10-11. 24-26. 47 Sakhalin Island 201 Saltonstall. Leverett 88 SAM site 177. 205. 306 San Cristobal. Cuba 206-207. 209 San Diego, California 2-P, 343 SANDY HOOK 343 Santa Barbara Channel 254 _ - Santa Clara Airfield. Cuba 201 Saratov Engels Airfield. Soviet Union IM Saryshagan. Soviet Union 139. 168, 232. 336 satellite imagery 298, 255 satellite navigation systems 341 satellite photography 87. 195-197, 22~ 233. 237. 241 satellites 22. 100. 104. 159. 162,211.299, 303. 312. 320. 322. 328 Saville. Gordon P. 17-18 Schalk. Louis 288-289 Schlesinger. James R. 257. 333 Schoech. William A. 285 Schriever, Bernard A. 7, II Schultze, Charles L. 309 Science and Technology. Directorate of I 93, 287, 328 Science and Technology, Special Assistant to the President for 37 Scientific Advisory Board 17. 23 Scientific Advisory Committee 17, 89, 332 Scientific Engineering Institute (SE!) 110- l I l, 129. 260. 267, 27-+. 331-332 Scientific Intelligence (OSI). Office of 14, 21, 39, 81, 97,331,333 SCOPE COTTON 310 SCOPE CRANE 242 SCOPE LOGIC 303 SCOPE SAINT 255 SCOPE SAINT-I 255 SCOPE SAINT-11 255 SCOPE SHIELD 246-247 Scott. Roderick M. 51, 53. 281. 333 Scoville. Herbert 207,287,289.333 SCR-270 radar 7 Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Airport. Pennsylvania 222 Sea of Japan 3 Seaberg, John 8-9. 12. 35-36. 333 SEAFOAM 211 sealant 286. 288 secrecy agreements 295 Seeret
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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.