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====Walter Ray====
{{anchor|Walter Ray}}
The first fatality of the Oxcart program occurred on 5 January 1967, when "Article&nbsp;125" crashed, killing CIA pilot Walter Ray when the aircraft ran out of fuel while on its descent to the test site. No precise cause could be established for the loss and it was considered most probable that a fuel quantity system error led to fuel starvation and engine [[flameout]] {{convert|67|miles|km}} from the base. Ray ejected successfully, but was unable to separate from the seat and was killed on impact.<ref name="Robarge 2012 31–38">{{harvnb|Robarge|2012|pp=31–38}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |last = Parangosky |first = John |date = 25 January 1967 |title = Loss of Article 125 (OXCART Aircraft) |url = https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0001473843.pdf |publisher = Central Intelligence Agency |location = Washington, D.C. |access-date = 5 June 2022}}</ref> Urban explorers installed a small monument to Ray near the crash site in the Nevada desert.<ref name=ray>{{Cite web |last=Scoles |first=Sarah |date=2021-01-05 |title=A CIA spyplane crashed outside Area 51 a half-century ago. This explorer found it. |url=https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/lost-cia-spyplane-area51/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Popular Science |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105173202/https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/lost-cia-spyplane-area51/ |archive-date=5 January 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>