In February 1995, President William Clinton ordered the declassification within 18 months of historical intelligence imagery from the CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD satellite systems.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by primary source (EO 12951 text) and Federal Register archive listing, matching CIA's account. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- CORONA: America's First Satellite Program - CSI (seed:military_and_intelligence)
- https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1995.html (corroboration)
- https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo12951.htm (corroboration)