BEAR AIRCRAFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04767A000300060003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: REPORT

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/SIEB-67/67-
AIRC
1. The Bear aircraft has a camera bay as ly with seven pis
in one 24 foot assembly. The probable cameras axe
a. filial ,pay: a ras in ports 1 and 2
b. b*1 tears in pouts 3 and 4
a. 3 . polating arras in ports 5 and 6
4. A long fail length strip camera or an infrared
number 7
?Mt number 7 may be a multi-papc se port since di er erfi
igautiona are evident on separate afrcrart. ire is also a
sld iook3,ng radar visible on the aft portion of the aircraft.
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BLS "A" AMCRA"
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Thu Blinder "r aircraft on photo 0
gara1 configuration for the six visible
Vear on the! Bear "E". The mmouremuts for
ads vet' c1oeely to the aeants show, on the _r "F"
dial. The seventh port is either closed or non-existent. The
entire sera bay apps to be the same an the Bear t,B" bra.
baby`, although the latch at the rear is not viefbie on this photo.
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PAL
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BU nr AIRS
1. The r " " photo reconnaissance aircraft bas one
grzt on the side of the aircraft near the xzt that is probatl
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The lens ma=t is no dia ter .
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behind the ford whee? v ell. This is probably the ==t for a
strip type camera. T b* bomb bay area where the camera asnemb3.y
is installed is very comparable to the size of the camera assem-
bly for the Bear "S". Howver,, the dual. cs ra ports visible in
photo are ama.ii er than the parts on the Bear and Blinder
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2. The Barg-or probably carries two pan cemeras, left and
right looking in ports 3 and 4; and two traces cameras in ports
5 and 6. It is also possible that two of the ports could be used
for infrared 3enaors.
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BLINDER CAMERA BAY ASSEMBLY (IDENTICAL -EXCEPT FOR PORT 7 IS MISSING)
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BADGER RECONN AIRCRAFT
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SIDE PORT
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PORT I
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LENS MOUNT, DIA.
LENS. DIA./
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"A" OR "E"
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PORT 3 PORT 5
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PORT 6
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WHEEL
WELL
ASSEMBLY
VERTICAL MOUNT
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BEAR "E" PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE CAMERA-`
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