OBSERVATION OF TWIN-ENGINE JET PLANES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004800610006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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.,-This is UNEVALUATED
NIL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 1$, U.S.O. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited
by law.
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
East GermarUr
Observation of Twin-Engine
Jet Planes
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
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1 September 1954
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
a former aviator, maintained on a recheck thatYthe planes
which he had observed on 24 August were ne:Iier IL-28Is nor MiGs. He is sure
that he saw twin trails, but the fact that"khe planes were flying at an altitude"
of 5,000 meters made a completely accurate observation impossible.
2,. The designation "TL" referred to in reference report is the abbreviation for the
-,German word "Turbinenluftstrahltriebwerk", meaning jet. Hence, the designation
""TL-type jet" is obviously inaccurrte e
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