photographs, although one had a bad timing error. This shot is the best documented in
the entire program.
Table 5.4 describes all cameras operated for cloud study projects, and the results
are plotted in Figure 5.4. All three curves are good to +2 percent for the first 2 minutes,
deteriorating thereafter to an estimated +7 percent at 10 minutes.
.

Twoofthe aircraft were moved out to the 75-to~100~mile range for this shot and

obtained good photographs to 15 to 20 minutes. Unfortunately no position data are available after 12 minutes for one ship, and the other plane used the camera with the timing
TABLE 5. 3
Film
EG&G

Number
‘“LML

24167
24168
24169
24170

125C
132B

*

FILMS EXPOSED, SHOT 4

Loca
Won

Nav.
Data

‘Comments

130B

RBSI6
5561
6615
5482

OK
OK
Fair
Poor

OK 3.7 minutes
Poor, not read
Camera jammed
Underesxposure, read 5.2

24171

ALD28

RBIG

OK

OK 7.5 minutes

24172
24173
24174
24150
24183

ALD33
ALDSL
ALD34

5615
5482
6562
HOW
NAN

.

.

24166
24157,
24162
24163
24164
24168

,

.

Fair
None
ox

HOW
NAN
PARRY
How
NAN

minutes

OK 11.4 minutes
Poor, not read
NG, not resd
OK 30 seconds
OK 36 seconds
Fogged
NG
Fair 40 minutes
Fogged
OK 3 minutes

NAN

OK 2 miaute

error. Thus no attempt has been made to obtain later-stage information by triangulation
methods.

5.6

SHOT 6

Cloud cover wag heavy at shot time. For a while, two planes saw tho nuclear cloud —
between layers of natural clouds. The photographs are of poor pictorial quality, but they
TABLE 6.4

FILMS EXPOSED, SHOT §

¥

Film

Number

24267
24264
24268
24270
24271

128C213282
13202
-125D
~ALDST

EG&G

LML

24272,
ALD35
24273 ALDAL
24274 «=ALDI6
24280
24253 °
24256

24257

24263

24264

24268

Loca-

Nay.

RBI6
856%
8615
482
RBIC

OK
OK
OK
AOC
OK.

OX 2.8 minutes
OK 5.1 minutes
OK 1.5 minutes
OK 3.4 minutes
OK 6.0 minutes

Fair
aoc
ox

OK 7.1 minutes
OK 15 minutes
Timing ? read 19 minutes
OK 36 seconds
OK 45 seconds

tion

Data

6615
8462
656%
HOw
NAN

-

HOW

"Comments

Fogged

NAN,

Fogged

NAN

Fogged

HOW

Pogged

NAN .

Fogyed

yleld surprisingly good measurements. The other two planes and all ground cameras were
obscured by clouds and obtained no pictures.

Table 5.5 summarizes the films.

One of the successful planes furnished good navigational data in close agreement with
the Air Operation Center (AOC) figures; the other plane disagreed drastically with AOC.
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