AREA SEARCH FOR TYURA TAM MISSILE TEST RANGE OUTSTATION NEAR BAYKIT, USSR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300320009-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 22, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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M/EB 265/64
22 May 1964
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MEMORANDUM FOR Chief, Ballistic Missiles and Space Division, OSI
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THROUGH: Chief, Requirements Branch, Reconnaissance Group, CGS
FROM: Chief, CIA/PID (NPIC)
SUBJECT: Area Search for Tyura Tam Missile Test Range Outstation
Near Baykit, USSR
REFERENCES: a) Requirement. C-SI-4-81,354
b) CIA/PID Project C 790-64
1. This memorandum is in resp)nse t, y)ur requirEment dated 30 April
1964 requesting a search of an area 61 t., 63N and 95 L 97E, and centered
on the town of Baykit (61-4oN 96-25E) in an att(,mpt, t , 1 )cate a possible
Tyura Tam v1issile Test Range outstatif,n cl)ste t, the p,~i.nt f burnout on
Soviet space vehicles.
2. This area has never been covered by ph,)t:~graphiy _,f sufficient
quality to confirm or deny the existence of a possible Tyura Tam Missile
Test Range outstation. The only Lw:; missi)ns that produced partially cloud-
free photography of this area were
were filled with mist and fog which completely obscured the town-of Baykit
and any other village or activity that might: be located along the rivers in
this area.
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the Baykit area can be 25X1
Identified, +ut the photography is quite dark, the resolution is poor, and
details cannot be determined ,r described. Mission
Forward also c.)ver the Baykit area, but the stream valleys
The _ly item of interest noted in the cloud-free photography of this
area was the existence of a straight, narrow clearing through the trees
approximately four nautical miles long and 25 feet wide with a probable tower
at each end of the cleared strip. This cleared strip, oriented northwest/
southeast is located in an isolated area along the top of a ridge 17 nautical
miles north-northeast of Baykit. This cleared strip, or ground scar, is one
of at least 15 similar strips located in this remote area of Siberia, close
to the great circle path from the Tyura Tam Missile Test Range to the Kamchatka
Peninsula. A generally triangular shaped area may be formed by three of these
cleared strips: one at Baykit (1), one approximately 325 nautical miles to
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the east near Yerbogachen (61-15N 108-OOE) (2), and one approximately 350
nautical mils south-southwest of Baykit near the Gladkaya ICBM Complex
25 nautical miles northwest of Krasnoyarsk(56-OON 93-OOE). Roughly within
the triangle formed by these three strips are 12 additional cleared strips.
These are scattered throughout the area at various locations at least 25
nautical miles apart..
Except for the eight nautical mile long strip near Yerbogachen, all the
strips are approximately three to four nautical miles long and all appear to
have a tower at each end. They are all located at high elevations along ridge
lines, and each strip appears to be oriented in a different direction. They
are all located in isolated areas, miles from the nearest village. No roads
are visible' leading to these clearings.
The function of these cleared strips is not kn~Ywn. If they are related
in any way to missile or satellite tracking, py)ssibly they are serviced, as
needed, by the several helicopters )bs(-,rved at Yeniseysk, the major airfield
in this area. Yeniseysk is also thf~ locati ~Y> )f t kn,wn missile and satellite
tracking facility.
The.enclosed map (oNc-D-6) sh,aws the :Lppr )ximate l,.)cations and orienta-
tions of the fifteen cleared strips, ,r grc,und scars, that were located as a
result of scanning the photography )f this ;area. It is possible that additional
cloud free photography of this area would result in locating more of these
cleared strips.
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5. The photo analyst on this project iwho may be
contacted on extension 3410 should YOU have any further questions concerning
this pro je%*.
6. This project is considered to be
Enclosure:
One annotated map (ONC-D-6)
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