It wasĪll "under budget," a miracle in today's defense contracting world. "unvouchered" funds - virtually free from any external oversight or accounting - the CIA could write checks to finance secret programs, such as the U-2.Īs it turned out, Lockheed produced the 20 aircraft at a total of $18,977,597 (including $1.9 million in profit), or less than $1 million per plane. Lockheed for $22.5 million to build 20 U-2 aircraft, but the company needed a cash infusion right away to keep the work going. Richelson, the Agency was about to sign a contract with Obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by National Security Archive senior fellow Jeffrey T. According to a newly declassified CIA history of the U-2 program Kelly Johnson, chief engineer at the Lockheed Company's Burbank, California, plant. Bissell, a senior CIA official, wrote a check on an Agency account for $1.25 million dollars and mailed it to the home of Photograph, taken during a 1957 U-2 flight, of a R-7 missile launch pad at the Tyuratum missile test center. releases records confirming existence of Area 51ĬIA lifts the lid on Area 51 for the first time EVER: Agency acknowledges existence of test area at last as it releases new map and scores of documents on spy plane testsĬIA admits Area 51 is real, but still won't let us see the aliensĪrea 51 Finally Acknowledged By US Governmentīy Alexander Aciman, Time, August 16, 2013
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, August 15, 2013 US Government Admits There IS An Area 51 (PICTURES)ĭeclassified documents lift shroud over U-2, Area 51 There It Is! Area 51 Revealed In Declassified CIA ReportĪrea 51 Info Released to George Washington University's National Security ArchiveĪrea 51? It exists! CIA finally acknowledges existence of secret testing groundīy Joe Tacopino, NY Post, August 16, 2013 It's real! US confirms Area 51's existenceīy Doug Stanglin, USA Today, August 16, 2013 Dana Stuster,, August 15, 2013Īrea 51 declassified: No UFOs, but lots of U-2 spy planes Declassified: The CIA's Secret History of Area 51īy J.
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