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Project 9.1 + Technical Thotecraphy - Lt Sol Jack G, James
Project 9,] aircraft RB~SO CARTER 1, 2, and 3 participated on this
event,
All three aircraft were properly positioned at zero time.
The
first 15 minute leg of cloud photography was flown at 20,000 feet.
CARTER
1, climbed to 25,090 fect cn the back leg and completed the
missicn at this altitude,
CARTE 2 and 3 maintained a 20,00° feet
altitude with an unrestricted view of the nuclear cloud.
Phctography
coverca clov2? growth an? drift for apprcximately cne hour,
orews reported no malfunctions.
Camera
In addition to camera work each aire
craft carrie? a bhangmeter mounted in startcard oblique camera window.
{2 ground zero and was cleared into
ct
At conelusion of the cloud phetorraphy mission, CARTER 1 proceeded
the area at C530 for the purpose
cf acrizl mapping the crater ani perform damare assec
nt photography.
lew clouds preventei? flying the crater survey at the prescrited altitude of 3,000 feet.
However one photograrhy run was made cver groun
zero at 1,500 Feet in an effort to record preliminary data on crater
raijus.
This film has been analyzed and results were satisfactory.
True erater measurements will be accomnlistcd as ston as weather con
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