(SANITIZED)MISSION 2023

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00709R000500970007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 11, 1956
• Content Type: CABLE

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CLASSIFICATION
GENERAL Operations
s~ T { SPECIFIC Mission 2023
DATE 11 July 1956
Ate
Mission 2023 was conducted by on 10 July 1956 in Article 163. 25X1
and the "S" Band Radar.
Special Equipment utilized consisted o e
8:35 hours. Take-off was made on schedule. However,25X1
Duration of the flight was
the delay in receipt of the Reports continues to be a problem
con ro .
over which this unit has no 25X1
No difficulties were encountered in the personal equipment ma nteenance
this for mission
or auxiliary equipment a2024 it was laching of
cancellation of Mission
2023 rather than Article 169 which had been originally scheduled for this
mission. This action was taken because of the limited time of six (6)
e
hours on the refrigeration unit of this Article versus 39shours the hamera
Refrigeration unit in Article 169. When this
Equipment had already been installed in both Articles. Therefore, the
indicate
accompany missfilmion
film exposed on this mission will
rather than #2023. A notation
reported satisfactory operation of the camera equipment.
However, post ght inspections revealed that the improvised rubber 25X1 th R,-6
and L-8
Camer adapter between vacuum lflight coection been modified toes
had become disengaged during line the one-half inch vacuum lines ~tdue to the lock of the modif tationhkite
configuration had not been
to one-fourth ion the vacuum lines in
Until receipt of theroper kit
Article 163 have been Eight hundred and fifty (850) feet of Tracker film was exposedting
and processed. Plotting time for this mission was three hours. made
onthis
miss was routine except for extreme
of df~ were undercourse
osed due to early takeoff,
First two hundred (200) feet
and partially unreadable.
was made b onrcraft sightings 25X1
Good intelligence re
=Report for thie mia on ? 25X1
and attempted intercept (Se
MAR 1949 51-28"
f= SEC
CLASSIFICATION
TS NR. 155333
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No malfunctions occurred with) I Continuous search radar plus
following unusuals:
1. Take-off nlus /,;` mins: Very strong radar burst.
2. Take-off nlus 1:40 mins: M