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Did you know... that Osmond J. Ritland (pictured) was one of four men who selected Area 51 as the site for their Lockheed U-2 spy plane project?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 16:25, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Major General Osmond J. Ritland

... that Osmond J. Ritland (pictured) was one of four men who selected Area 51 as the site for their Lockheed U-2 spy plane project? Source: The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954–1974, p. 56
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Primer (prayer book)

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:06, 6 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Hawkeye7, review follows: article moved to mainspace 3 September and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing from the sources I checked; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to source cited; a QPQ has been carried out; no immediate source for the image is provided, but it looks to be a US government photograph and therefore free of copyright restrictions. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 19:24, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]