(SANITIZED) HAS CONDUCTED AN EVALUATION OF MISSION 4003. THIS

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1~ HAS CONDUCTED AN EVALUATION OF MISSION 4003. THIS
EVALUATION IS IN ADDITION TO DATA PROVIDED AT YOUR REQUEST IN
SUPPORT OF THE PET ACTIVITIES.
2. PARA 3 AND PARA 4 ARE SUMMARIZING STATEMENTS OF
APPRAISAL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MISSION 4003 BASED UPON
THIS EVALUATION. PARA 3 CONTAINS INFORMATION REQUIRING HANDLING
VIA T?KH CHANNELS ONLY, YHILE PARA 4 IS SIMILAR INFORMATION FOR
HANDLINB VIA BYEMAN CONTROL CHANNELS.
3. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE FOLLOYING BE INCLUDED IN THE PET
REPORT.
EVALUA?ION OF MISSION 4003.
QUALITATIVE EVALUATION FOR PHOTO INTERPRETATION SUITABILITY
REVEALS MISSION 4003 IS EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY AND IS SLIGHTLY
BETTER THAN MISSION 4002. FROM A TARGET COVERAGE POINT OF VIEY,
HEiYEVER, MISSION 4003 WAS NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS MISSION 4?02.
OF THE 1S TARBETS PROGRAMMED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED BASED ON FIRST
Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
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EPHEMERIS, 2 YERE PHOT06RAPHED, 8 MERE COMPLETELY CLOUD COVERED,
3 YERE MISSED AND 2 COULD NOT BE LOCATED AND YERE PROBABLY CLOUD
COVERED. YNERE INTELLIGENCE TARGETS YERE COVERED MISSION 4 ?83
PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT DE?AIL. EXAMPLES OF THE
TYPE OF DETAIL OBTAINABLE AREt
A. THE RIHHIN6 STRUCTURE OF RADOMES AND THEIR POSITIVE
IDENTIFICATION.
B. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF MISSILES AT AN SA-2 SAM SITE,
PLUS SUCH AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT AS LAUNCHERS, TRANSPORTERS AND
TRUCKS.
C. IDENTIFICATION BY TYPE OF RAILROAD CARS AND MOTOR VEHICLES.
D. DISTINCTION BETYEEN BM 14 AND BM24 TRUCK MOUNTED ROCKET
LAUNCHERS AND POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION BY TYPE OF FIELD GUNS AND
HOYITZER S.
E. LINEAR OBJECTS SUCH AS PAINTED HIGHYAY LANE STRIPES,
PARKING LOT SPACE DIVIDERS, AND INDIVIDUAL RAILROAD RAILS.
F. FOOTBALL TEAMS ON A PLAYING FIELD.
G. CATTLE iN PENS A? A STOCKYARD.
4. EVALUATION OF MISSION 4003.
QUALITATIVE EVALUATION FOR PHOTO INTERPRETATION
SUITABILITY REVEALS MISSION 4993 IS EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY AND
IS SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN MISSION 4??2. WHILE THE VOLUME OF INFOR-
MATION OBTAINED IS LIMITED, THE QUALITY iS HIGH, PROVIDING POS-
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ITIVE IDENTIFICATION. MISSION 4?83 PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED SIGNIF-
ICANT DETAIL INQUDINGt
A. THE RIBBING STRUCTURE OF RADOMES AND THEIR POSITIVE
IDENTIFICATION.
B. IDENTIFICATION BY TYPE OF RAILROAD CARS AND MO?OR
1i~}tICLES,
C. LINEAR OBJECTS SUCH AS PAINTED HIGHYAY LANE STRIPES,
PARKING LOT SPACE DIVIDERS, AND INDIVIDUAL RAILROAD RAILS.
D, FOOTBALL TEAMS ON A PLAYING FIELD.
E. CATTLE IN PENS AT A STOCKYARD.
5. TYO FACTORS NAVE AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE UPON THE PI
SUITABILLTY OF THIS PHOTOGRAPHY, EXPOSURE AND SUN ANGLE. ON
MISSION X10?3 THE EXPOSURE IN MOST INSTANCES YAS NOT ADEQUATE TO
PERMITDETAILED INTERPRETATION IN CLOUD SHADOY AREAS. MUCH
USEFUL INFORMATION IS BEING OBTAINED FROM INTERPRETATION OF THE
SHODOYS CAST BY OBJECTS, YHICH IS GOVERNED BY THE SUN ANGLE.
T O P S E C R E T
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