CIAs Lockheed U-2 Spy PlaneDID CIA U2 FLIGHTS REALLY CAUSE 50% OF UFO SIGHTINGS? By Robert Sheafferbadufos.blogspot.com1-6-15 Once again, the claim has resurfaced that, "DURING THE 1950S AND 60S, HIGH-ALTITUDE CIA MANNED RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS INVOLVING THE U-2 AND THE LATER SR-71 WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HALF OF ALL UFO SIGHTINGS." This claim is now all over the internet, and treated in the usual uncritical manner....... One thing this CIA UFO claim has accomplished: it has united UFO skeptics and proponents in proclaiming it untrue. We might agree on little else, except that this claim is nonsense.The claim is contained in a report issued by the CIA, The CIA and the U2 Program, 1954-1974. The once-secret document was written back in 1998. In it (on PDF (not document) page 84-85):"High-altitude testing of the U2 soon led to an unexpected side effect - a tremendous increase in reports of unidentified flying objects. In the mid-1950s, most commercial airliners flew at altitudes between 10,000 and 20,000 feet and military aircraft like the B47s and B57s operated at altitudes below 40,000 feet. Consequently, once U-2s started flying at altitudes above 60,000 feet, air-traffic controllers began receiving increasing numbers of UFO reports."Can that claim be substantiated? Nope....#1 most read on our #Bestof2014 list: Reports of unusual activity in the skies in the 50s? It was us. http://t.co/BKr81M5OUN (PDF 9.26MB)- CIA (@CIA) December 29, 2014Continue Reading... See Also:Ex Navy Scientist Slams CIA UFO Claims "CIA Dumped a Phony, 17-Year-Old Disinformation Exercise Back Into the News Cycle"UFO Sightings were Results of Top Secret U-2 Spy Plane Program, Claims CIA [Again] REPORT YOUR UFO EXPERIENCERead more >>
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