UNIDENTIFIED AIRFIELD NEAR MOLOTOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000400450004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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hJFORMATION REPORT Ing of the s lona1e.laws. Title 18..U.S.C. go m 7 3.
and 794, the transmission or revelation of wbaoh In
any manner to sn. Un*Uthorlsed person Is prohibited
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COUNTRY USSR. (Molotov Oblast)
SUBJECT Unidentified Airfield near Molotov
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COUNTRY USSR (Molotov Oblast)
DATE DISTR. 21 Feb., 1955
SUBJECT Unidentified Airfield near Molotov NO. OF PAGES 4
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Identification Data
1. See page 3 0 which F__] identified the following points:
1. A double-tracked rail; line..whichled..west_.to
(N 58-05, E 55-36).l
Kras4,0#
2. A small railroad station called "37th Razezd". A settlement
naarbv was known as Proletarka.
3. A rail line not indicated on any available maps. This rail
line was single-tracked and had wooden ties.
construction of the dam across the Kama River. All building
material was presumably transported on this line to the con-
struction-site. The rail line extended beyond the projected
dam to an unknown distance.and originated at the rail station
(Point 2). The condition of the track was described as fair.,
An unidentified military establishment where
a barbed wire fence, two meters high, interspaced with watch-
towers and manned by soldiers. The area around and within the
enclosure was forest-grown
5. An unidentified airfield (see page 4 for site layout).
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borne aircraft over the area of the airfield. These aircraft
observed single-engined a r-
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ettlement
were single-winged
A dam.
the project was started before Wbrld War II and it had to
be abandoned until late 1948 or early 1949.
two of the projected five turbines had
een completed. was rumored that a rail line would be built
along the top of the dam.
Site Layout
2. See page 4,
sketch of an unidentified airfield nea
Molotov.
1. A rail line with the same details as in Point 3 on page 1.
2. Two aircraft scrap heaps where metal parts of destroyed aircraft
were piled up.~
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with a two-meter-high fence topped with barbed wire. No guards
were observed. The surface of this area was grass.
An aircraft parking area with a dirt surface.
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aircraft lined up here
the aircraft faced south. The number of aircraft varied
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each time This parking area was
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approximately 300 m from the rail. line.
3. Approximate area of the airfield which measured one kilometer by
one kilometer. The rail line-side of.this airfield was enclosed
5. A single-storied building,. 20 x 15 m,with a flat root; construction
material~uh~ mp?n~~ .Thfib waa:ithe-only plermtnent. structure on the field*
6.
Three identical tanks which resembled railroad tank care on a
wooden substructure.
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A possible way where)-)once
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observed a
aircraft coming in to land;this aircraft came from
the direction of the mama River.
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Molotov
(N 58-01, E 56-12),
Scale 1:100,000,
pinpointing an uniden-
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sketch of an unidentified.
airfield near Molotov (N 58'O1,.E 56-12)
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