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Project GENETRIX by CIA
The objective of the mission was to spy on other countries by obtaining aerial images of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China using a photographic reconnaissance payload known as WS-119L
Why These Badass Balloons Are the Pentagon's New Secret Weapon
secretprojects.co.uk
The pioneer effort is known as Project Skyhook
designation-systems.net
National Association of Rocketry
Photo Reconnaissance-Satellites
nar.org
A History of Satellite Reconnaissance
Volume I
nro.gov
Photo Reconnaissance Satellites from Vol I to Vol V
forum.nasaspaceflight.com
1956 – Project GENETRIX – Assorted Sources
c-and-e-museum.org
Secrecy and U.S. Satellite Reconnaissance, 1958-1976
Even at Height of Cold War, U.S. Officials Regularly Argued Internally for More Transparency
nsarchive2.gwu.edu
Corona Spy Satellite Intelligence Program CIA Files
ia800301.us.archive.org
The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance 1954 - 1974
JUICY!
archives.gov
RAND has a part in play too
rand.org

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