I P I R BRASS KNOB MISSION 3668 20 JULY 1963

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04560A001500010082-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: July 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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i'uri~ document conl.ain5 inforri~ation affecting;
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?~~-ithin than meanin;~, of '1'itl~? 1Fs, sections.
'; =i3 and 794, of the U.S. Code, ae amended.
I trzn.amission or revelation of its contents
or recF~ipt, b,y ri.n unauthorized perso^ is
rohibited by 1~3~w.
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
IMMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
TF~E: Fptt.C34~IN6 glyFflRMATIflN REPRESENTS A PREtIM~NAR1?
ANALYSIS OF AER;At PHflTflGRAPHY FR(3~ BRASS }CNt3B
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