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

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Chapter 2
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Project GENETRIX balloon
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THE IMPACT OF THE AIR FOR:CE PROJECT
GENETRIX BALLOONS
While the Agency was making its fi nal preparations for U-2 over­
flights. the Air Force started a reconnaissance proj ect that would
cause considerable protest around the world and threaten the exist­
ence of the U-2 overflight program before it even began. Project
GENETRIX involved the use of camera-carrying balloons to obtain
high-altitude photography of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union. and
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