UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY AREA DAMASCUS, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300260019-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: November 13, 1973
• Content Type: MISC

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UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY AREA
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
33-27N 036-20E
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to N-8380/73
13 November 1973
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REFERENCE TO: GIANT REACH MISSION
UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY AREA
DAMA ,
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
AN UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY AREA WAS
OBSERVED NEAR DAMASCUS
DAMASCUS UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY AREA
IS THREE NAUTICAL
MILES (NM) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DAMAS-
CUS AT 33-27-09N 036-.20-14E.
3. MISSION READOUT : THE AREA COVERS APPROXIMATELY ONE NM
SQUARE AND CONSISTS OF THREE SUB-AREAS: A SMALL SUPPORT-
TYPE AREA WITH AT LEAST TEN REVETMENTS; A LARGE SUPPORT
AREA (NOT DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC) CONSISTING OF AT LEAST TWO
LARGE BUNKERS, TWO SMALL BUNKERS, EIGHT SMALL BUILDINGS,
AND SEVEN REVETMENTS; AND AN AREA OF THREE NEWLY-IDENTIFIED
G-SHAPED REVETMENTS OF A TYPE NOT PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED IN
SYRIA. THESE REVETMENTS ARE
WITH AN INTERIOR WIDTH OF
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
CLASSIFIED BY
Exempt from General Declassification Schedule
of E.O. 11652, Exemption Category: 5B(2)
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON
DATE IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE
SECRET
WARNING NOTICE
Sensitive Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved{
Dissemination Restricted
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GIANT REACH Missions are extremely sensitive.
The use of this imagery will be limited to essential 25X1
targeting, and contingency
military intelligence
,
planning purposes. The imagery will not be used in
production of normal intelligence publications which
're widely disseminated at the SECRET classification
level.
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SECRET
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to N-8380/73
13 November 1973
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AN L-SHAPED BUNKER (NOT DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC) WITH
ENTRANCES AT BOTH ENDS IS JUST NORTH OF THE LARGE SUPPORT
AREA. AT LEAST 25 UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES WERE OBSERVED
THROUGHOUT THE MILITARY AREA. ONE OF THESE WAS A LARGE
VEHICLE MEASURING
PEARED TO BE IN A TREE-LINED AREA (NOT DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC)
200 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE G-SHAPED REVETM?'IENTS.
ENLARGEMENT FACTOR: 6OX
IEG/SGD/AMEAB
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS REPORT ARE WELCOMED.
THEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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