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CIA-RDP66B00597R000300030005-4
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RIPPUB
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2
Document Creation Date:
December 20, 2016
Document Release Date:
April 18, 2001
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December 3, 1998
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A. FYI POLO IS SUMMARY OF THE PILOT REPORT FOR MSN C285C FLOWN
COORDINATING OFFICERS
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1. AT APPROX 1927W 10800E (APPROX 14/03172, U-2 ALT 69,000 FT)
SYS 98 ACTIVATED WITH RANGE ONLY AND CON SCAN JAMMING. RELATIVE
BEARING 180 DEGREES, DRIVER REPORTED VISUAL ON FIG!f R WHICH
APPEARED TO ZOOM UP ABOVE CONTRAIL LEVEL AND DESK OUT OF SIGHT,
DRIVER INITIATED EVASIVE MANEUVER TO LEFT THEN RETURNED TO HDG TO
INTERCEPT TRACK AT 2049H 10654E. ,
2. AT APPROX POSITION 2204N 107472 (APPROX 14/03&)Z, U-2
ALT 70,000 FT) DRIVER REPORTED VISUAL ON FAST MOVING FIGHTER WITH
BROWN COLORED CONTRAIL ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK, HDG 180 DEG TO MSK ACPT,
FItH R WAS OBSERVED STARTING RIGHT TURN WAN ABEAM MSN ACFT, MIVER
INITIATED LEFT TURN (APPROX 90 DEGREES) INTO FIGHTER, AT WHICH TIME
PI TURNED BACK TO LEFT, DRIVER TURNED RIGHT APPROX 270 DEG
AND LOST SIGHT OF FIGHTER. CONTRAIL AGAIN SIGHTED FEW MIN LATER,
BELIEVED TO BE SAME FIGHTER. FIGHTER APPEAREDTO BE CLOSER TO
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XSN ACFT ALT THAN FIRST AND MUCH FASTER, NO 9B ACTIVITY, BOTH
FIGHTERS APPEARED TO BE BRIGHT SILVER COLOR,
3, SYS 9B ACTIVATED AT APPROX 2014N 11325H (APPROX 14/0455Z,
U-2 ALT 69 , 000 FT) WITH RANGE ONLY A CON SCAN ,LAMMING, STROBE
RELATIVE BEARING 180 DEG, DRIVER TURNED LEFT 90 DEG, RIGHT 90 DEG?
RIGHT 90 DEG AND RETURNED TO TRACK, NO FIGHTERS OR CONTRAILS SIGHTED,
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