CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001000030058-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: September 4, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AFSSO USAF
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T 0 P S E C R E T CITE NPIC 5399 25X1
ANALYSIS OF THE FORWARD HORIZON CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY FROM MISSION
1023-1, DATED 17 AUGUST 65 REVEALS AN OBJECT IN SPACE OVER NORTH-
EASTERN SIBERIA, USSR ON THE FIRST THREE CONSECUTIVE STARBOARD
HORIZON FRAMES OF PASS D02 -- SECOND REVOLUTION -- FRAMES 2, 4, AND 6.
NOTE: THERE ARE NO STARBOARD FRAMES It 3, AND 5, ETC.
ON FRAME 2 THE OBJECT APPEARS TO BE ELONGATED WITH ONE END
FLARED. THE FLARED PORTION APPEARS LIGHTER IN TONE THAN THE OTHER
PORTION WHICH IS DARK IN TONE. THE OBJECT ON FRAME 4 IS ORIENTATED
IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE OVERALL SHAPE IS DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH.
THE OBJECT APPEARS TO BE CLOSER ON FRAME 6 AND IS AGAIN ELONGATED,
BUT THE IMAGE MOTION HAS SMEARED THE OBJECT INTO A RECTANGULAR IMAGE.
THE TONE OF THE OBJECT IN THIS FRAME IS RELATIVELY CONSTANT.
THE MISSION VEHICLE WAS DESCENDING IN ALTITUDE AND PROCEEDING
FROM WEST TO EAST. THE ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 138 NAUTICAL MILES
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WHEN THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE VEHICLE. THE THREE
FRAMES OF INTEREST WERE TAKEN AT THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS AND TIMES.
FRAME 2 70-05.0 N/123-42.5 E, Z TIME 23 HRS, 51 MINS, 54.664 SECONDS.
FRAME 4 70-04.6 N/125-43.4 E, Z TIME 23 HRS, 52 MINS, 01.595 SECONDS.
FRAME 6 69-45.2 N/127-00.4 E, Z TIME 23 HRS, 52 MINS, 08.254 SECONDS.
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