CABLE RE MISSION 6734 WAS FLOWN 29 OCTOBER 1967

Created: 11/1/1967

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PRIORITY OXCART LOGS OPERAKELLY JOHNSON

1. 4 VASN PARTHE PILOT'S REPORT IS QUOTED FOR YOUR INTO.

"THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED VERT WELL WITH ONLY MINOR WRITEUPS.

WENTT ON THE LEG GOING IM AND THE TEMPERATURE SEEMED

VERT COLDODAY. AT THE PENETRATION TORN AFTER

STEBLBRIDGE, HE DID LOSS ALTITUDE FHOf 7SB5 OR SO, BUT

REGAINED IT QUICKLY AMD WERTSM AMDN WHEN

THE KWS ACTIVITY STARTED. CIT NEVER WENTBG. THE

BW8 ACTIVITY WAS TOO CLOSE FOB COMFORT AMD HE WAS SOMEWHAT

SHAKEN UP. ON THE LEG IN HE PICKED UP HAD MOTH AND BLUE DOG '

ACTIVITY OVER KEP AIRFIELD FORHORT WHILE. HE DID

WOT FEEL AMY MISSILES WERE FIRED, (LATER IKFO SHOWED ONE

LAUNCHED) ON TBE RETURN LEG, HE GOT HAD MOTH LITE FOLLOWED

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TO POSITIONR JUST ABOUT OVER BAN PUOI - THERE WEES NO DP LITCIS. HE POT OP HIS BEAR BBRISCOPE WHICHRETTY HARROW FIELD OF VISION AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELYONTRAILS GOING UP BEHIND Hill. THEY APPEARED TO GO UP TOT AND BEND OVER TOWARDS HIM AND CONVERGING ON HIM. THEY CAME DOWN AND LEVELED OUT BEHIND HIM. ALL THE WHILS CONVERGING ON HIM AND COMING CLOSE. HE WAS ABLE TO SEE ALL THREE BURST AND THEY APPEASED VERY CLOSE. A3ERE COMING UP BEHIND, HE GLANCED OUT TO THE RIGHT AND SAW ONEARDS TO TBE RIGHT OF THE COCKPIT. IT WAS SO CLOSE THAT HE COULD 3EE IT SPINNING AND IN AN APPARENT TIGHT SPIRAL. IT WASRETTY STEEP ANGLE IN HIS DIRECTION OP PLIGHT AND CONNING. AS HE PASSED ABOUT HANOI, HE THINKS, HE LOOKED BACK AND SAW ALL THE CONTRAILS THAT HAD CONVERGED ON HIM AND BE FEELS THERE WERE SIX, THOUGH IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TELL EXACTLY. IN ANY EVENT HE SAW FOUR ACTUAL MISSILES. OUR SYS VI PEOPLE ON THEIR LIMITED READOUT SHOW THAT ONE MISSILE WAS FIRED AT

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