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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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Sec.et N6f'OPIN Index 386 Tyuratam, Soviet Union 135, 137-138, 160, 163-165, 167-168. 171- 172, 176 u U - 1 66 U-2 accomplishments 316 assembly 45, 47, 66. 75. 164. 280, 284, 291 bailout experiments 64 bases 93 bicycle-type landing gear 47 blue-black color 149 brakes 69 canopy 80. 149. 177 cockpit 11. 63-64. 79, 125. 283. 292. 296 cost 34. 124. 149. 250-252. 263. 269. 273. 280. 285-286, 309, 322. 341-342 cover story 60. 85. 89-90, 94, 99, 132, 156, 178-180. 182, 207-208, 216,224,295 coverage 316 deadstick landing 79 deployment 2, 74. 76. 78. 88-89. 93-94. 134. 161. 165, 167, 247, 250. 255-257, 297. 301-302. 304. 307,3 13,3 17.332 design 47 destruction device 177 detachable pogos 47 ejection seat 64. 177, 302 emergency landing 78. 188. 222,313 film exploitation 115 flameout 71, 78-79, 131, 198. 229 flight plans 82. 177 flights approval process 187-188, 226. 30 I foreign pilots 73-74, 32 1 fuel 5. 23. 47. 61-62. 68. 76. 133. 161. 175. 199. 218-219. 231. 235. 241 , 247-248. 271. 274. 277-278. 283-284. 286. 288. 302. 313. 340 fuel consumption 68. 219 fuel <>auae 68, z"19.~302 fuselage 10. 24. 47. 130,248.251, 270,277,286 inspection procedures 297 landing gear 10-12. IS. 47-48. 69. 89. 248 low-speed stall 76 maiden flight 66. 288 mission 1104 I 14 mission 1105 114 mission 1314 117 mission 2003 100 mission 2009 IO I mission 2010 101 mission 2013 104-105 mission 2014 105 mission 2020 106 mission 2021 106 ioe,at
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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.