SUN STREAK PROJECT 0030 SESSION NUMBER: 01 CRV VIEWER 052

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CIA-RDP96-00789R001200030005-1
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November 4, 2016
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March 30, 2000
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January 29, 1990
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Approved For Release 20\00/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789RIO1200030005 1 JOf'"ORN PROJECT 'SUN SP-REAK .,. WARNING NC1"(I SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED f :f ?_"_ INTELLIGENCE --- .,.........___ _---- _ ..__.._...._.".,......."_._....?.._,._....,__ ..............__._._,......__._._._...... _..._............. .... f:,ROJECT NUMBS DAtl?E OF SE::;3~i:C01'i? SiAf,l: hli-:.l f1~31.}t_!L..UL, t: 003( U ng) aE:::~:3! if+i NUMBER :l :'9 JAN 90 DATE OF REPORT: .`9 JAN 90 0934 END.- 0942 ERV VIEWER: l.DE.N 1 11- I!: R 05J_ MISai0N. To describe the target site (Great Sand Dunes Nat'l in f tags: I 'errnt.no:tr.7ny. (LSr'NFIsI() VIEWER 1"AS%i:,:No: Enc.-r-'ypted Coordinates only. x ( I(dF'i~sl::} COMMENTS: No F'hysic._?:al mncl.emencieas. 052 began prerfectl.y, ccir'r?e-5ct.1.y i.r..ierit.i. ffyi.ng the site on the first itteration o-f 1, missed it, and Incorrect.1y continued the session. 052 waver-(ad from '1:.h1is begi. nni ng resolution of the site for :I. IAB secgL.fenc.e, then called several in as....breaks, and returned immediately to the proper? resolution of the site. i {'._..SE!ss7.i.~ri discussion centi?_eread around my error, and how the signal line can be trusted to s(-.71f ' correct-, even when the error not the Viewer's -_!u 1. t. . 5. (S/NF/SK) SEARCH E:VALI_!A1"ION: NIA Nlf:)I'dIT'Cifin ?1t:3 4. (S/N1- iSP } EVAL.UA'TJ ON: HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY ~OFORN CL.ASISiFIED BY. DIA (DI") 1H..'" :..",L.ASS I FY. OADR Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001200030005-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO1200030095-1 371'5 ,3 17 15~~ Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001200030005-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R00120003 Y'1/~5s 8/' - f05/R P -- Approved For Release 2000/08/08: CIA-RDP96-0 8 001 0300051 ~I~ CPYRGHT Worthy companion io the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Great Sand Dunes Naiiona( Monument erokrs its Dion ever changing majesTy as it blanlzets ors area andbuiltaretorttoextractshaleoil."Ihe6=0- behveenMarbeilandtheUtahline,62miles million-dollazinvestmentisparthoffsetb.a on Highway 318, there's not much else. contract with the government to proeide oil I took that road to the northern end of Di- fordefense use. Union mac learn much that nosaur \ational Monument and camped by will help make shale ciablc-~omeda} - the Grcen Ricer. This is a few miles dcwn- ? rig er Erom Browns Park, where Butch Cas- HERE'S A CAFE in ~Ia~ bell and a ,gas side and his gang sometimes hid whey. not Tstation where you can fill up. In tar robbing banks. Blessed with abundant northwest Colorado the>c arc anuni- ;;rsx. Browns Park also was a gathering ties not to lx li~htl~~ rc~;vded. :\nd place for Indians. In the late 1830s it held a .if 50 square miles. Upon discovering the dunes in 1807, explorer Zebulon M. Pihe described tF,em as having an appearance "exactly that of the sea in a storm (except as to color)." small fur-trading post, Fort Davy Crockett. Pazk ranger Glade Ross wondered where the short-lived fort stood and at last found evidence beside the Green. He picked up chazcoal, chunks of lead, and glass beads that trappers traded to Indians for pelts. "I'll show you where it was," Glade offered. Soon we were slip-sliding in the clay of the riverbank, digging out char- coal. Glade inspected the shallow water. "Sometimes you can still find a bead," he said. Then, "I think I see one." A tiny burst of sun winked at us amid the gravel. Glade stripped off his shirt and, with me sitting on his legs, ducked into the water. He reached but missed; the bauble was just be- yondhis fingers. Its light went out in the dis- turbed gravel. That's Colorado for you: a gleam, adream, abonanza-often just be- yondyour grasp. Q Approved For Release 2000/08/08 :CIA-RDP96-007898001200030005-1