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ET/NOFORN
PROJECT SUN STREAK
WARNING NOTICE: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
INVOLVED
PROJECT NUMBER: 8815
SESSION NUMBER: 01
DATE OF SESSION: 880927
DATE OF REPORT:
880928
START: 0930
END:
1030
METHODOLOGY: WRV
VIEWER IDENTIFIER: 079
1.
(S/NF /SK)
MISSION: Access, describe, and identify Target
"B", an object of special intelligence interest to the Department
of Defense.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING: Access, identify and
describe Target "B" and the point of origin.
Describe mission,
personnel and general area Target "B".
3. (S/NF/SK)
COMMENTS:
There were no inclemencies noted. 079
was rlaxed.
It should be noted that a new facilitator was
present.
079 gave a detailed description of target "B" at launch
and on the 13 of May 1987.
A Summary of Information is attached.
4.
(S/NF/SK)
EVALUATION:
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HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED
NOFORN
CLASSIFIED BY:
DIA (DT)
DECLASSIFY BY:
OADR
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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
The target
was described as a Soviet "Defense Ministry"
communication satellite.
Attention was specifically focused
on a
malfunction of booster rockets caused by a |faulty admixture of
fuel and a resultant loss of power.
:
A manufacturer error was the
cause of the problem. Corrective action undertaken by command
control elements were inadequate to control the vehicle's
trajectory. The vehicle was an updated version of an old system
whose purpose was to electronically collect and retransmit data
obtained 0.1
"third world countries. "
The liftoff originated from an area in :"Outer Mongolia. "
hc vehicle failed to complete its overall, assigned mission.
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