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CIA publishes 'CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90'

Lockheed U-2 high-altitude aircraft on display in 1973
A Lockheed U-2; the Haines study said U-2 and OXCART flights accounted for many 1950s-60s UFO reports NASA Glenn Research Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historian Gerald K. Haines's study in the CIA journal Studies in Intelligence said agency officials estimated that U-2 and later OXCART flights accounted for over half of UFO reports from the late 1950s through the 1960s, and that the Air Force made misleading statements to protect them.

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  1. OfficialA Die-Hard Issue: CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90 (Gerald K. Haines, Studies in Intelligence vol. 40 no. 5)CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence / 1997
  2. OfficialA Die-hard Issue: CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-1990 (article page)CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence / 1997
  3. PressGovernment lied to public about UFO sightings, CIA admitsDeseret News (New York Times News Service) / 1997-08-03

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