The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; the U-2 and Oxcart Programs, 1954-1974

Approved for Release: 2013/06/25 --- Secret NOFORN Chapter 3 131 --- [figure] [figure] "Wallpaper" --- engine of the U-2 known as article 341, causing it to overheat and flameout. Unable to restart the power plant, Lockheed test pilot Robert Sieker bailed out but was struck and killed in midair by the U-2’s tailplane. The aircraft crashed in an area of Nevada so remote that Area 51 search teams needed four days to locate the wreckage. The extensive search attracted the attention of the press, and a --- Secret --- Approved for Release: 2013/06/25