Frequently Requested Records

The NRO releases collections of declassified records that may not be of great significance in NRO’s history but nonetheless are frequently requested by the public.

• History of the Poppy Satellite System - 487KB PDF
• A History of Satellite Reconnaissance (Perry Histories)
  • Vol 1 - 9.11MB PDF
  • Vol 2a - 9.74MB PDF
  • Vol 2b - 6.41MB PDF
  • Vol 3a - 84.89MB PDF
  • Vol 3b - 4.91MB PDF
  • Vol 4 - 4.57MB PDF
  • Vol 5 - 7.73MB PDF
• A History of the Military Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program - 8.7MB PDF
• Administrative files – Five oldest FOIA cases (2012 release)
• Congressional Budget Justifications
  • FY 2008-2009 - 8MB PDF
  • FY 2009 - 5MB PDF
  • FY 2010 - 8MB PDF
• Dr. Hans Mark Interview
• - 1.7 MB PDF
• Flax Memo on National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) Issues - 1MB PDF
• GAMBIT/HEXAGON declassified documents and videos
• ISINGLASS Research & Development Program, 1966 - 41.5MB PDF
• Leaders of the NRO, by Clayton Laurie - 2.85MB PDF
• Manned Orbiting Laboratory/DORIAN illustrations
• NRO History - Missile Defense Alarm: The Genseis of Space-Based Infrared Early Warning - 3.62MB PDF
• NRO's Review & Redaction Guide (RRG) - 32.68MB PDF
• NRP's Planned Use of the Space Shuttle - 5.02MB PDF
• Request Letters - 2010 Ten Oldest Cases (2011 Release) - 11.8MB PDF
• SAMOS to the Moon - 1.7MB PDF
• The CORONA Story (2018 Release) - 15.3MB PDF
• U.S. Navy-NRO Program C, Electronic Intelligence Satellites (1958-1977) - 15.43MB PDF
• The NRO at Forty: Ensuring Global Information Supremacy - 428KB PDF