SUBHEADLINES: 'RECONNAISSANCE PLANE MISSING NEAR LAS VEGAS'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00590R000100090009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 11, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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AN AIR FORCE SPOKESMAN AT THIS SPRAWLING; FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER
100 MILES NORTH OF LOS ANGELES SAID THE CRAFT WAS ON A ROUTINE
TEST FLIGHT FROM EDWARDS THURSDAY WHEN' .IT DISAPPEARED.
OXCART/INTEL
LA!NF, WAS MISS1
REPORTED FRIDAY.
EXTRACTED FROM REVIEW JOURNAL, HATED' 7 JAN 67.
SUBHEADLINES: -RECONNAISSANCE PLANE MISSING NEAR LAS VEGAS"
QUOTE: "EDWARDS AFB, CALIF (UPI). A SLE -K, BLACK SR71 AIRCRAFT
A SOPHISTICATED AND ADVANCED TYPE OF STR;A-TEGIC RECONNAISSANCE
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LAS VEGAS.
THE SR71, MORE VERSATILE THAN THE U2? -SPY? PLANE WHICH WAS SHOT
DOWN OVER RUSSIA. WAS BELIEVED DOWN I`Ft .A. REMOTE AREA EAST OF
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