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The CIA’s 1997 Study of UFO Reports and Classified U-2 and OXCART Flights

DATE1997
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONUnited States
COORDINATES39.61°N, 75.86°W

CIA Historian Admits in 1997: UFO Reports Were Really Classified U-2 Flights A key slice of classic UFO lore was shaped as much by classified flight testing …

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