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On 4 April 1957, during a Project Rainbow test with Lockheed's Flight Test Pilot Robert Sieker at the control, a malfunction occurred, and both the plane and pilot were lost. Forty years later, after five years of searching, the wreck site was rediscovered, but only a handful of small parts were found. This is one of those parts that were preserved in Lucite blocks and flown on an Air Force U-2S aircraft to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of U-2's first flight.

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Public domain This image is a work of a Central Intelligence Agency employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a Work of the United States Government, this image or media is in the public domain in the United States.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by The Central Intelligence Agency at https://www.flickr.com/photos/59094030@N08/7415424150. It was reviewed on 26 October 2013 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

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