ABSTRACT OF BAIRD ASSOCIATES REPORT ON SOLAR AND CELESTIAL NAVIGATION VOLUMES I AND II

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00011A001000090024-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: April 10, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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SUBJECTt Abstract at Baird Assesiartae Report an ?Selaor and Celestial
Bae-igatioeta Toluses I and n
(d) 1daua11y operated stout 4 k a=%oot.
(e) #stosatIc star alcek sexist.
Proposal (a) was determined to be seat desirable Mara the standpoint
at
ties and a wwo ddiseard asar 044000 Ot tt a ~~ (d)
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and le ware dsfered
risibi].ity fraa 14ipppPof~ tuethar irrnrestisa6laet at daytime star
b. Actual design oansidarartiaas raw the aatsal sextant are
discussed in sotto detail. PlOrtleularr attantiaa is given to:
(1) Presentation.
(2) iiratatt Iasta-13atian.
(3) baa'otatiae-.
(b) Av raging.
(5) True Sag indication.
e. The finsa section deals with proposed future iarpare is in
the eawlestia3 aavigatian s?staar. Tiese fall Into two eai agartas:
inrprwnd eapebsutj and +rwtaralsati~an to rsl Ban the pilot at aaausi and
asatal eftfaets. The farmer iaprrm---- ti can be felt tiled by a dsvisa ahl+ah
gins a tic rather than a line at position during the dgtiio. Bush a
device would be a star a3+sok sextant eap-b1e at ?isrrirgg stars its the
daylight ikas 40,000 fast. chile the optics for lush a pates besees
quite ermbersQft# it is act out at the reala at p+rrsibility. Actual caa-
liraatics at the ability to ?iaw stars uedarr ape rats oanditicas will
ea ass soanin best be this qWroack is ~ any ~t . Tie antiaisati n
into
a star tracking devise simi2~r to the
Photo-eleetriso sextaat.
3. 'N'erds II.
a. Reserding at solar detail is discussed with particular
attention given to the filter sagniraarwats and arrpi r VOINts lA s9,ar
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b. The pr"eble ancaustarad in matching solar or lunar' photo-
graphs with a rotational dispirw 11s enrnt are . The conclusion
drawn is that accuracies at the order at are possiilo.
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