A-12 Oxcart

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A-12 Oxcart

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Aug 8

Probed ingest of: UAP Tranche 5: If You Think There’s Nothing Here, Look Again

independentRichard Dolan

Aug 1

Annie Jacobsen: "My position on UFOs has never changed.

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independentAug 8

Probed ingest of: UAP Tranche 5: If You Think There’s Nothing Here, Look Again

Richard Dolan Intelligent Disclosure @Richard Dolan

Interstellar

@InterstellarUAP · Aug 1

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Annie Jacobsen: "My position on UFOs has never changed. The CIA ran deliberate disinformation campaigns starting in the 1950s to cover U-2 and A-12 Oxcart flights from Area 51." 🛸😱 The long-winged U-2 looked like a giant flying X high above commercial airliners. Pilots reported UFOs. Colonel Slater, the base commander, said commercial pilots would report the sightings and upon landing in California were met by FBI agents who made them sign nondisclosure forms. “That’s a lot of UFO sightings...

Preview of CIA-UAP-003, The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974

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govJun 12, 2026

CIA-UAP-003, The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974

CIA406 pagesJun 12, 2026RELEASE-03-FILE-012-CIA-UAP-003-THE-CENTRAL-INTELLIGENCE-AGENCY-AND-OVERHEAD-RECONNAISSANCE-THE-U-2-AND-OXCART-PROGR

This released document records that the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program lasted 20 years. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record. This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.