HIGH RESOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN ON MISSION 8005

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05702A000100050002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 30, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/19: CIA-RDP78B05702A000100050002-2
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/19: CIA-RDP78B05702A000100050002-2
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30 December 1959
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1. Attached hereto is a brief "think piece" vbtcb might be of
some interest to you. The prime element of interest is the unprece-
dented resolutions achieve don Mission, 8005 photography which appears
to have topped 100 lines per millimeter In GOMO portions of the track.
24 I would quickly admit that we are not meteorologists or
operations evaluation specialists. However, , in attempting 25X1
to account for this result, has offered some suggestions which night be
examined with some profit by your Operations personnel in DED.
3. In additica? I usuld like to emphasize that snow cover has
UD a. distinct assist in the interpretation of shadow detail. in
instances snow cover interfered with rumwaymeasurements on
ive or non.operational airfields and it probably covered some
actions where paintings or markings on the ground could be useful in
the photo interpretation process. However, on 'balance, there appears to
be little doubt that the snow cover has given us an important overall
assist. r vould also point out that sone of our P.I. specialists
suggested. the precise location of the track in certain key areas with
a result that these areas appear now to have been covered in an optimum
manner.
It. Please accept our observatonzparticularly the projected.
urns which relate resolution to season and sun angle as pro.
and subject to more data inputs than are presently available.
ervations could also be of come use it the considerations and
decisions forthcoming on the C Program.
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