TRIP REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A002800030029-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: June 7, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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1. Radar-Detail Correlator
7 June 1965
2. Autc atic Target Reecogai tiara with Ralogra a
3? Dr, FD Researk-
Me radar-detail correlator, be t by o experimental
us* at EPIC, is essentially' c a d ready r delivery. This
corrsletvar to a saaU, table-top, folded optical bench designed
only for the purpose at investigating the utility and worth of a
P.I. - ale radar image dement device. It is not to be
confused with the large cont -process correlatore which
original3y Vroefts the radar data (e.g. The l tigan Correlator).
the de ydi t of this euperlmental device
,,,is based on that f t the larg* continuous process correlators
operate at meram focus, there r printing some Image areas at
less than elity. it is felt that a F.I., when inter-
preting this radar ftla may went to optimize the quality of snail
areas of high in~telll a interest. To do this, be must re-
correlate the Doppler Sitetury Record of that sash area at Its
Optium focus. oretieal3y, this 'will allow him to separate and
sharpen more of the radar "blabs" in the image.
The device, as now constructed, is not an operational instru-
n t but is a device which will allow experimentation to aaseez
the Value Of detail re-correla's by the P. I.* Therefore, a
small research project should be instituted at 'IC to accomplish
this inveratiget on. Ideally, this project should be perfor sed
by raidar-trainer P.1.'s in PIT) or PAO. To this end, a reccim a nde-
tie n will be m thxu the appropriate Channels.
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e is
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purpo:3e of this project is to invevti49tee the structure
use In an auto etia target x .tion ;ysteem. The work is
approximately 75% c o leete and ~ l be co ipleted by the end of
August.
Id variat of hologram mid to determine their feasibility for
`i ieptt a to date have been concerned with the quantitative
evaluation of how re itin of imageri which have had their
characteristics varied inndividua _y. For exa splee, an image's
aWwlw has been Incrementally l ed and subjected (at each
Increment) to recognition by a preeviou .1y me" hologram of the ..aiue
image 'without shadow. Other image variables which have been
investigated, in the Nanae maaaner, are perspective, scale, orientation,
multiple targets in the scene, and image detail. In addition to
inve=t3 -ting the effects of i ss variables, certain paremeteru
of the hologram sy tam have bees evaluated. 'x g these are
vibrationic tolerance of the equipment, various types of recording
media, the effects of liquid gate?., effects of iaaage al.irent,
The next major step of the investigation to evaluate the
effects of combinations of image variables on recognition by
prototype holograms. This will bon epi rlb~rmed with actual aerial
photog by {instead of models), k bldh the ~bl e : are not
controllable. Little objective evaluation of the recognition
capability of holog sw6 can be made until this latter investigation
is complete.
3. Dry Film Research
This project i ;, an experimental effort to develop a completely
dory, black-and-kite, cautiwww. toes photographic system that
over e-: the objectionable features of silver ha de sy teem, .
It's primary VMMMgee for NPIC would be rapid duplication of photo-
g is materials. This is a three year effort which is about
1/3 ccnplete. The concept being inve. tigated is that a film can
be developed which has a ba; ie structure of bleachable dye molecule
rathor than conventional silver halide grains. These dyer. are
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arn0hic characteristic . T'1 phase 1:3 nearing c ietion and
dark tone., to light twos (or colorless) by expooure
to It At, and tken fixed by applica% of Met. There exist
many hundreds of types of known dye molecule, of different
bleach abaracteristics. The Initial effort of this react has
been to examine these types,: one by one in the laboratory, in
order to tlted those which most nearly exhibit the requited pats
by about august a decision iAMI be made as to
most promising. The next strap after that will be
is that of Tight sensitivity (err
completed in mid- sr of 1966. It appears that the major photo-
graphic teeter yet to be achled in any of the dyes investigated
characterisiti.cs. This step is now funded for 7Y-66 and
molecular structures is order to maximize their
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