Central Intelligence Agency

This strategy presents a unified roadmap for diversity and inclusion goals, actions, and accountability measures at CIA over the next three years. It builds upon the foundational work of previous studies, which identified barriers and factors that undermined greater diversity and inclusion within CIA’s workforce and leadership ranks.

CIA recently welcomed former President George H.W. Bush back to CIA headquarters to mark the 40th anniversary of his swearing-in as Director of Central Intelligence. Learn why Bush's tenure marked a turning point for the Agency, and why he remains one of the most beloved directors in CIA's history.

CIA’s concern over UFOs was substantial until the early 1950s because of the potential threat to national security from these unidentified flying objects. Most officials did not believe the sightings were extraterrestrial in origin; they were instead concerned the UFOs might be new Soviet weapons. Still, we know a thing or two about how to investigate a flying saucer.

CIA declassified hundreds of documents in 1978 detailing the Agency’s investigations into unidentified flying objects. To help navigate the vast amount of data contained in our FOIA UFO collection, we’ve decided to highlight a few documents both skeptics and believers will find interesting. The truth is out there; click on the links to find it.

Do you know where the Norman Isles are? Check Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names to find the more common name for the isles, the names of the two main islands, as well as their latitude and longitude.

This is the Agency’s only work by Gene Davis, one of the most noted of the Washington Color School artists. In a conscious effort to “purify” his work, he reduced painting to the fewest possible elements: equal-width stripes. The stripes, like a drummer’s beat, provide the unity through which colors interact.