U.S. RECONNAISSANCE PLANES OVERFLY EGYPT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-185-4-61-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: October 13, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-185-4-61-5
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CAIRO: U.S. RECONNAISSANCE PLANES OVERFLY EGYPT
M1.59 CAIRO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN ARABIC 200_ GMT 13 OCT 73 M
(COMMUNIQUE NO. 04 ISSUED BY THE ARMED FORCES GENERAL COMMAND)
(TEAT) AT 1305, TWO ENEMY RECONNAISSANCE PLANES
PENETRATED OUR AIRSPACE FROM NORTH OF PORT SAID AND CONTINUED ON
UNTIL NAJI HAMMADI, WHEN THEY TURNED NORTH TOWARD CAIRO AND
EAST TO THE SINAI AREA IN THE DIRECTION OF LEBANON AND SYRIA.
LAEf THEN TURNED NORTHWEST TOWARD THE MEDITERRANEAN.
THIS FLIGHT OVER THE EGYPTIAN TERRITORIES LASTED 25 EPNUTES.
THE TWO PLANES WE:7E FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF L5 XES AND AT A
SPEED OF ni21,;6 6.
THESE PLANES ARE GF THE U.S. SR71A TYPE. IT IS KNOWN THAT
THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT IS OWNED NLY BY THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT AN AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPE HAS PENETRATED OUR
AIRSPACE.
13 OCT 2029L PK/HH
MORI/CDF C05525821
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-185-4-61-5