Birds Aren’t Real is satire. But CIA files show a 1960s bird-like spy drone, test crashes, and a 1971 doubt over whether détente would ever let it fly.
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The Declassified Document That Finally Named Area 51
A 2013 declassification restored the CIA’s own redactions, the first U.S. document to confirm Area 51 by name and detail its U-2 and OXCART history.