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.
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Annie Jacobsen: "My position on UFOs has never changed.
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RT @Baptiste_Fri: "Mellon estimates that it would mean over 5,000 U-2s mistakenly misidentified as UFOs or alien spacecraft!
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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...
RT @Baptiste_Fri: "Mellon estimates that it would mean over 5,000 U-2s mistakenly misidentified as UFOs or alien spacecraft! Yet, contrary…

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CIA-UAP-003, The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974CIA406 pagesJun 12, 2026RELEASE-03-FILE-012-CIA-UAP-003-THE-CENTRAL-INTELLIGENCE-AGENCY-AND-OVERHEAD-RECONNAISSANCE-THE-U-2-AND-OXCART-PROGR
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