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CIA U-2 and OXCART programs, UAP explanatory record

Declassified CIA institutional history covering the U-2 (1954-onwards) and A-12 OXCART (1962-onwards) programs, including the agency's accounting of how these programs' high-altitude flights generated a substantial fraction of the 1954-1974 UAP report volume. Released through PURSUE Release 03 on June 12, 2026 as CIA-UAP-003.