CABLE TO PRIORITY (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001700130004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 10, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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UPON HIS DISCUSSION WITH ENGINEERS AND INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED _---
HIM ON TELEMETRY OBTAINED AND VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS GracE25X11e1
CONDUCTED FURTHER ANALYSIS RESULTING IN REVISION OF OPINION
EXPRESSED IN PARA 3 OF REF.
2. THE ATTITUDE DETERMINATIONS PRESENTED HERE ARE BASED ON
CORRELATION OF THE IMAGED HORIZONS AND THEIR TIME OF RECORDING.
3. ATTITUDE OF THE VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE A CONTINUOUS ROLL
AROUND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE VEHICLE. FACING FORWARD, '
1. FOLLOWING VISIT OF
THE DIRECTION OF THIS ROLL WAS LEFT WING UP OR RIGHT WING DOWN.
4. THE PERIOD OF ROLL STARTED AT 21.6 SECONDS PER REVOLUTION
ON PASS 4 AND SLOWLY DECREASED TO 52 SECONDS FOR A COMPLETE
REVOLUTION OF PASS 14.
5. THE VEHICLE HAD A CONSISTANT COUNTER-CLOCKWISE YAW ANGLE
FROM 7 DEGREES TO ABOUT 22 DEGREES. SOME OSCILLATORY MOTION WAS
APPARENT BUT COULD NOT BE MEASURED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SMEAR
OF IMAGERY.
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THE YAW OSCILLATIONS COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A SLOW
PITCHING MOTION IN AN. OSCILLATORY FASHION, HOWEVER THIS WOULD HAVE
CAUSED A DIFFERENCE IN THE ROLL ATE FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON.
SUMED THAT THE YAW POSITION
SINCE THIS WAS NOT APPARENT IT ISM
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