NRO: Cold Open: We're reading from a declassified National Reconnaissance Office

Storyflo Declassified — The Untold Cases · Aug 7, 2026 · 3m

Cold Open: We're reading from a declassified National Reconnaissance Office record, specifically a 1968 memorandum detailing a mission over China. The document is part of a larger collection released by The Black Vault, and can be found online at archive.org. The mission, codenamed C228C, took place on November 12, 1968. Provenance: The document was released through a Freedom of Information Act request, and is part of a larger collection of declassified intelligence records. The release date is not specified, but the document itself is dated November 26, 1968. The Document: Memorandum for the…