(SANITIZED) MISSION SUMMARY
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP89B00709R000500920004-9
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
T
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
May 31, 2011
Sequence Number:
4
Case Number:
Content Type:
MISC
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Post Mission Summary
a. Mission 2010 flown from Weisbaden
b. Mission was flown on 2 July 1956.
c. Configuration A-2 and FLINT system 1 with S-band
d. Pilot was
e. Aircraft departed WWeisbaden at 0404Z
f. Aircraft landed Weisbaden at 1035Z
g. Significant observations: one contrail sighted near Turnisor
parallel to course at approximately 35,000 - 40,800 ft Very few
aircraft sighted on ground. Two large parallel runways sighted
at Grossen. Runway on the west west direction approximately 8,000
10,000 feet long. At Bresor grass strip, hangar and six aircraft
sighted. Ianca - sighted 5,500 ft runway running east west
.
N
o
,
repeat no, hard top parking facilities seen. Krakow - construction
in conjunction with airfield appeared to be a new highway netword
which passes through south portion of town. Southeast of Sacz a
reservoir was sighted approximate'size 2 x 5 miles. Arad sighted
a new built up area approximately 2 miles square located northwest
side of town. Constanta appeared longer than indicated on chart.
Four large shipping docks with no, repeat no, shipping observed.
h. Following deviations made from planned route:
Turn 11 minutesearly at check point kilo and passed over the
city of ?3udapest. After passing Budapest corrected to the right.
i. Following is an estimate of the camera operation and cloud cover
f
or eac
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00 miles alon
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g rou
e:
100-200 Cameras operated
3 - 5/8 cloud cover
200-300 cameras operated
00
0
6/8/8 cloud cover
3
-4
0 cameras operated
3
- 5/8 cloud cover
400-500 cameras operated
3
- 5/8 cloud cover
500 through 700 cameras operated
s?00-1700
0
- 2/8 cloud cover
cameras operated
clear - no clouds
1900-1900 cameras operated
3 - 5/8 cloud cover
1900 - 2100 cameras opdrated
2200
clear - no clouds
cameras operated
2
3 - 5/8 cloud cover
3 - 2500 cameras operated
6 - 8/8 cloud cover
J. Wind direction and velocity unknown.
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