Declassified documents say US knew Sputnik was soon to orbit

WASHINGTON (AP) — News bulletin in 1957: Sputnik stuns the world. CIA in 2017: Not really.
The CIA released newly declassified documents on Wednesday revealing that while the American public was surprised when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite 60 years ago, intelligence agencies weren’t caught off-guard.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower had advance knowledge about the Soviets’ work on Sputnik, which was launched by a rocket on Oct. 4, 1957. He