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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, National Reconnaissance Office

SUBJECT : J-3 Ad Hoc Committee Final Report

The J-3 Ad Hoc Committee was formed to guide,

coordinate and evaluate a series of photographic experiments on the CORONA System. The purpose of these

experiments was to evaluate the capabilities of the J-3

System with new photographic techniques. It was hoped

that, ultimately, the intelligence productivity of the

System as a whole could be improved by the ability to

provide different types of information.

The Committee, as an aggregate, has put much

effort into the task as is evidenced by the attached

summary. report. It has been my professional and personal

pleasure to have worked with each member of the Committee;

and I commend them for an excellent job, for their ex- .

pertise, and for tho.toam spirit which they evidenced.

I recommend that the Ad Hoc Committee be officially dissolved as having served its purpose. The capabilities of the J-3 payload are now well known; and the

appropriate, special use of , the System to fulfill

intelligence requirements can be called out through normal

channels.

A recommended distribution list for the summary

report is attached. Distribution will be effected by the

Agency upon your approval.

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UNCONVENTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES

Sensors and Techniques

Brief Background of Activities

a, Aircraft

b. Satellites

3, Color Photography

Requirements

Examples (Si-Color, 301-121, 30-180)

c. Systems Capabilities and Limitations

d. Conclusions

4, Night Detection Photography

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Systems Capabilities and Limitations

Conclusions

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THANK YOU FOR THE SUBJECT REPORT AND A JOB WELL DONE.

THE COMMITTEE IS OFFICIALLY DISSOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH

YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

3. CONCUR IN YOUR MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED IN PARA 2.2.

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MEMORANDUM FOR DR, NcLUCAS

SUBJECT: Photographic Experiments on CORONA

BACKGROUND

Dr. Flax established an Ad Roc Committee to monitor and

report on a series of photographic flights and processing

experiments performed on the J-3 improved CORONA systems.

These are outlined briefly in the Introduction Section of

the report attached at TAB D.

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concern further testing of color materials and encourage

CONIREX to establish a special subcommittee to interface

with these activities. These are highly desirable objectives, and an indorsement from you will add a needed

emphasis.

CIA has requested that the report at TAB D be approved

for distribution as specified in TAB B. The Director of

Defense Research and Engineering should be • added to this

distribution list.

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The overall problem in unconventional photographic

techniques and equipment concerns not only CORONA but all

J's areas of the photographic NRP. A proposed agenda for

briefing you on this overall area is attached at TAB C an

can be scheduled for one hour at your convenience. ! • •

DISCUSSION 

The Conclusions and Recommendations Section of TAB D

provides a summary of the results of these tents, with

detailed documentation making up the remainder of the report.

The data presented is specifically reported for CORONA.

CIA also requested that the Committee should be dissolved

as it was intended that the group function only through the

first five J-3 systems. The activities of the Committee have

been assumed and actively pursued by the Staff and the

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