The early U-2s were silver (they were later painted black) & reflected the rays from the sun, especially at sunrise and sunset. They often appeared as fiery objects to observers below. Air Force BLUE BOOK investigators aware of the secret U-2 flights tried to explain away such sightings by linking them to natural phenomena such as ice crystals and temperature inversions. ( source ).
____ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 2006 - 62, 55, 31, 76, 69, 61, 43, 65, 73 = 535 2005 - 107, 58, 35, 52, 80, 78, 54, 85, 49 = 598 2004 - 47, 20, 52, 135, 80, 42, 54, 66, 80 = 576 It's sobering to see that the numbers aren't coming down by that much. Here's another good resource that tracks the number of people that have been wounded as well as the death toll of all all allied forces.
This conference brings to light the myriad of difficulties that newscasters face on a day to day basis trying to balance fact with truth, politics, and the bottom line of the all mighty dollar.
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