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Description of document: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Directorate of Science
& Technology (DST), History of the Office of Special
Activities (OSA) From Inception to 1969 released on
appeal by Interagency Security Classification Appeals
Panel (ISCAP) (final release), 2016

ISCAP Appeal date: 2002

ISCAP Release date: 19-September-2016

Posted date: 03-October-2016

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Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel
EXECUTIVE SECRET ARY
MEMBERS c/o Information Security Oversight Office
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Acting Director
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September 19, 2016
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Enclosures
cc: Mr. Joseph Lambert
Director, Information Management Services
Central Intelligence Agency Member of the ISCAP
DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE
INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL,
E.0.13526, SECTION 5.3(b)(3)
ISCAP APPEAL NO. 2002-0049, document no. 13
DECLASSIFICATION DATE: September 19, 2016
DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE
INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL,
E.O. 13526, SECTION 5.3(b) (3)
ISCAP APPEAL NO. 2002-0049, document no. 13
DECLASSIFICATION DATE: September 19, 2016

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Xeroxed copies of the following documents forwarded
through SS/OSA to DDS&T Management Staff for Mr •.C olby's
review re Victor L. Marchetti book on 14 January 1974:
1. ·comparison of SR 71 and A-12 Aircraft;
COMIREX-D-12. l/l, da.ted 26 Sep 67, (BYE-5658-67)
2. DCI Briefing for Rivers Subcommittee. 20 Jul 67.
3. DCI for Russell Subcommittee. 17 Nov 67.
B~iefing
4. DCI Briefing for Mahon Subcommittee. 19 Sep 67.
5. 303 Minutes;.13 Mar 69, (BYE-12,126-69).
6. 303 Minutes dated 20 Dec 67 (BYE-82,190/67 Series B).
7. Exerpt from 303 Minutes dated 17 Nov 67
(BYE-82,189/67 Series B).
8. Exerpt from 303 Minutes dated 6 Oct 67.
9. Exerpt from 303 Minutes dated 31 May 67
(BYE 66738/67 Series C).
10. 303 Minutes dated 18 May 67 (BYE--66,736/67 Series C).
11. 303 Minutes dated 27 Jun 66 (BYE~~7,018/66 Series B).
12. 303 Minutes dated 12 May 66 (BYE-66,704 Series C).
13. 303 Minutes dated 29 Mar 66 (BYE-66,703/66 Series C).
14. 303 Minutes dated 21 Feb 66 (BYE-66,701/66 Series C).
15. 303 Minutes dated 25 Jan 66 (BYE-63,003/66 Series C).
Withheld under statutory authority of the
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
U.S.C., section 403g)
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CHAPTER XX. PROJECT OXCART
Introduction to U~2 Follow-on Vehicle
Shortly after the operational commitment of the ·u~z in· June l956, ·
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research was beg~n to improve its, survivability and exte~d the p~~grarri• s
lifetime~ The outgrowth of the early studies -became a sub.:.project of
AQU.ATONE and was.called Project RAINBOW• . E;;;.rly estimat~s of a
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high probability of success in U-2 overflights were based o~ the
· · operating altitude. Its high penetration and operating altitude ·wa~ expected
. to diminish the p~ ssibility of detection ~nd accurate tracking by hostile
defense systems. Unfortunately, the Sov:ie~ air· defense warning system ·
..p roved up to the challenge. The U-2 was not only detected ·by radar· as
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·. it penet:rated. denied ter.ritory, but wa_s tracked qUite ·_acc_urately in it~
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· · earliest flights over Satellite and Soviet areas. This state. of .affairs
could only lead to intensifi~ation of So~et defensive efforts,. and the
consequent shortening -~f the U-2's us~ful~ess a~' :a reconnaissanc~ .·
aircraft •
. Thus in July 1956,· a~ention turned to anti-radar research.
Dr. Edward M. Fur.cell of Harvard University. had dii;;covered a possible
•mean~ of countering·· or absorbing rada·r. emanatio_ns.: His ·discovery. led
..t o laboratory work •in technique"s to _blci~ket porti~ns of the aircraft -~ith
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. radar· absorptive material$ in or.der to reduce radar d~tection. If .
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· .·continuing its reconnaissance role beyond the cu;rrent predic;tions which ·
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were from eighteen months ,to. ·yea-rs.
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·Project RAINBOW laboratory. r:eseai:ch and testing ·was :con
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ducted. under the auspices of the .Scientific E:hgin~ering Institute (SEl);
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I Ca~bridge, Massach:ise.tts, a CIA p~oprie.tary resear~h organization. · ...
_Field testing wa·s _.performed ·by :the firm of· Edgerton, .·Gerri+.ershausen ... ··
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and G:reer, .Inc •• (.J?G&G), · at Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada.
Flight .testing rei;ults proved more promising tful.n .originally antici ...
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· pated. Severai RAIN-BOW -configured aircraft were deployed. to
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a:n.ci-.riown
De~chment Bat Adana• . Turkey~. in '1957 on op~:ratibnal mis..:
sions with ~om.e deg.l"ee of success in .disrupting Soviet tracking of.the
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It became apparent, however •. m.id-1957 that radar carxi?uflag~.
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_of conventionally-d·esig~ed and· structured aircraft had its limitatj.ons •. ·.
".The ~eight an.d. .bulk of absorptiv.e . material h~ip·os~d pe. rf~rman,c·e p<'m~l-.,..
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ties on the .aircraft. T.he narrow .. band :'.timitations of ·the ·camouflage
. technique.could. not cope with th~ fl'.'equency· spread _e~pfoyed by th.e.'
·Soviet air defense ~arning ~ystem ... Laboratqry testing. and measur-e.ment.
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