CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100040030-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: April 9, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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RELEASABLE FROM SSO CHANNELS. SSOS PASS
TO APPROPRIATE TCOS. CITE NPIC 2129. THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE
NOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF MISSIONI IAT TYURA TAM MISSILE TEST 25X1
CENTER, USSR REVEALS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
AT LAUNCH COMPLEX C THERE ARE TWO HORIZONTAL OBJECTS MEASURING
105 FEET AND 80 FEET LONG RESPECTIVELY, AND PLACED END TO END
ON PAD NUMBER 1. THEY ARE SEPARATED BY ABOUT 25 FEET. THE
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LOCATION AND POSITION OF THESE OBJECTS INDICATE THAT THEY ARE A
POSSIBLE MISSILE AND ERECTOR. THE LONGER OBJECT IS TO THE FRONT
OF THE PAD WITH THE SHORTER OBJECT DIRECTLY BEHIND AND IN LINE
WITH IT. A VERTICAL TOWER OR POLE IS NOTED ABOUT MIDWAY OF THE
REAR OBJECT. NO OTHER DETAILS OF EITHER OBJECT ARE APPARENT.
SHOWED ONLY ONE OBJECT ON THE PAD. 25X1
AT LAUNCH COMPLEX B AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT APPARENTLY ON A
RAIL CAR IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE SMALL BUILDINGS ALONG
THE RAIL SPUR TO THE LAUNCH PAD. THE END OF THE OBJECT AWAY FROM
THE BUILDING APPEARS TO TAPER DOWN TO A BLUNT POINT AND THIS END
OF THE OBJECT ALSO APPEARS DARKER. THIS SAME OBJECT OR A SIMILAR
ONE WAS PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION ON BEST DIMENSIONS 25X1
OBTAINABLE FOR THE LENGTH OF THIS OBJECT RANGE FROM 105 FEET TO
120 FEET.
COMPLEX C - OBJECTS ON PAD.
COMPLEX B - OBJECT ON RAIL CAR
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