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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00159R000400140112-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 112
• Publication Date: October 4, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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201 1. EXAMINATION OF THE TRACKER FILM SHOWS FOLLOWING ITEMS:
A. ARTICLE BEGAN DRIFTING RIGHT OF CRSE AT PT E AND
WAS 6 NM NORTHEAST OF CRSE AT PT F. THIS CAUSED BY
? APPARENT SOUL H WESTERLY WIND THAT WAS NOT PREDICTED.
B. DUE TO THE ERROR AT PT .F AND THE SOUTH WESTERLY WIND,
0 ARTICLE ARRIVED AT PT G APPROX 12 NM NORTHEAST OF
CRSE. THIS, IN TURN, CAUSED ARTICLE TO. ARRIVE AT
PT H APPROX 120M NORTHEAST OF INTENDED CRSE.
0 C. AFTER TURN FROM PTS H TO I PILOT NOTED HE WAS
RIG}[ OF CRSE AND MADE A 20 DEGREE CORRECTION TO LEFT.
T HIS CAUSED ARTICLE TO CROSS INTENDED FLT LINE I?J
AND TRACK LEFT OF FLT LINE I-J. WHEN PILOT MADE RIGHT
TUR N AT PT J (AFTER APPROX 7 NM EXTENSION OF FLT LINE
I?J TO PHOTO NEW AIRFIELD), TRACKER PLOT SHOWS
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ARTICLE APPROX 20NM FROM COAST OR IONM LEFT OF FLT LINE.
25P D. TO CORRECT BACK TO CRSE AT PT :Js 'PILOT MADE A
RELATIVELY WIDE, SWEEPING TURN, ROLLING I N .AND OUT OF
TURN SEVERAL TIMES, APPARENTLY MANEUVERING TO LINE-UP
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WHEN PILOT ROLLED OUT AT PT K. TRACKER
PLOT SHOW ARTICLE APPROX 7 NM LEFT OF CRSE OR 22 NM FROM
COAST.
2. FROM A PILOT'S VIEWPOINT I CAN SEE HOW THE UNPREDICTED
SOUTH- WESTERLY WIND COULD CAUSE THE ARTICLE TO BE OFF CRSE AT
PT H AND WHY A CORRECTION TO THE LEFT WAS NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS TO THE PILOT THAT
HE WAS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE COAST AS HE APPROACHED
PT J. ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT SHOULD ALSO HAVE NOTICED
HE WAS.INSIDE' HIS' FLT LINE AT PT X.
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3. I HAVE DISCUSSED THE TRACKER CAMERA-PLOT IN DETAIL
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i EMPHASIZED THE SERIOUSNESS OF' THE ERRORS AND POINTED
OUT THAT ON' S LAST TR AI NI NG MS N SHOWED HIM CAPABLE
25 OF FLYI NO VERY PRECISE FLT LINES, YET HIS CORRECTIONS
? DURING MSN C-301C WERE BAD ONES: SAID HE
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25? TO HOLD A DETAILED CRITIQUE OF TOM'S FLT.
40' IN F FAVOR IS THE FACT THAT HE EMPHASIZED IN
? THE MSN BRIEFING TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO FLY ACCURATE
FLT LINES AND IF IN DOUBT, CORRECT TO THE
250 RIGHT (AWAY FROM THE COAST) AND NOT TOWARDS LAND.
S. AFTER ANALYZING THE TRACKER PLOT; DISCUSSING IT WITH
MY OPS PERSONNEL, I MAKE THE FOLLOW-
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A. THE INITIAL CAUSE FOR THE CRSE ERRORS WAS DUE TO
AN UNPREDICTED SOUTHWESTERLY WIND.
B.. T?M'S ERROR AT PT J Ole NM LEFT OF FLT LINE) WAS
CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE CORRECTION TO THE LEFT AT PT I
AND EXTENSION OF FLT LINE. TO GET NEW AIRFIELD AND
POSSIBLE OVEREAGERNESS TO PHOTO NEW AIRFIELD.
Co TON'S ERROR AT PT K C7 NM LEFT OF FLT LINE) WAS
CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE TURN CORRECTIONS FROM PTS J TO K AND
AN OVEREAGERNESS TO BE I N A GOOD POSITION AT PT K
D. THERE WAS NO APPARENT; DELIVERATE ATTEMPT TO
MOVE-IN CLOSER TO OBTAIN BETTER PHOTOGRAPHY. GP-l
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