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Chapter 1
Searching for a System
- The Need for High-Altitude Reconnaissance...................................................1
- Early Postwar Aerial Reconnaissance.........................................................2
- New Approaches to Photoreconnaissance....................................................4
- The Air Force Search for a New Reconnaissance Aircraft.............................8
- Lockheed CL-282 Supporters and the CIA..................................................13
- Scientists and Overhead Reconnaissance..................................................17
- The BEACON HILL Report...........................................................................17
- Concern About the Danger of a Soviet Surprise Attack.............................19
- The Air Force Intelligence Systems Panel..................................................21
- British Overflight of Kapustin Yar.............................................................23
- The Intelligence Systems Panel and the CL-282.........................................24
- The Technological Capabilities Panel.........................................................26
- Project Three Support for the Lockheed CL-282........................................27
- A Meeting With the President......................................................................32
- CIA and Air Force Agreement on the CL-282............................................33
Chapter 2
Developing the U-2
- The Establishment of the U-2 Project.........................................................39
- Funding Arrangements for Project AQUATONE...........................................43
- Major Design Features of the U-2...............................................................45
- The Development of the Camera System...................................................48
- Preparations for Testing the U-2.................................................................56
- Security for the U-2 Project.........................................................................59
- The CIA – Air Force Partnership..................................................................60
- Technical Challenges to High-Altitude Flight.............................................61
- Delivery of the First U-2..............................................................................66
- Initial Testing of the U-2.............................................................................68
- U-2s, UFOs, and Operation BLUE BOOK....................................................72
Approved for Release: 2013/06/25