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SESSION INFORMATION
TARGET DATA:
Task/Target No.
:
93-209-T
Session No.
:
PERSONNEL DATA:
Source No.
:
049
Monitor's No.
:
NA
Beacon/Sender No.
:
NA
SESSION DATA:
Date Task Received
:
18 OCT
Session Date
:
18 OCT
Start Time
:
1430
Stop Time
:
1520
Method Used
:
ERV
Aids/Distractions
(Pis)
:
Sinus headache
Pre-session Hunches
(AVs)
:
None
Date Summary Returned
:
19 OCT
EVALUATION DATA:
Viewer's Estimate
:
Low,
low,
low
Evaluator ' s Estimate
SESSION SUMMARY:
•
•
The
following
perceptions,
albeit
limited,
were
acquired
during this project session:
-
The
leadership
of
a
small,
but
significant,
country will
change
hands.
This
change will
occur
as
an
orderly transfer
of
power from either
a parent to child or
a grandparent to a grand-
child.
- There will be further
fire
fights between the Somalis
and
the
U.N„
forces.
One
encounter
in
particular
will
involve
a
previously unused weapon type.
- A very large fire will occur along a coastline.
This fire
will be extraordinarily bright and its main attribute will be the
intensity by which
it will burn.
- There will
be
a
series
of unexplained phenomena occurring
within the southwestern U.S.
towards the end of the month.
Maybe
the Chaco Canyon
(northwestern New Mexico)
region.
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CPYRGHT
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Brush fires
cpyrght
rip through
S. California
GustsJan blazes;
damage extensive
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Fed by fierce,
dry Santa Ana winds and high tem-
peratures, brush fires exploded over
five Southern
California
counties
yesterday, damaging or destroying
more than 200 homes, threatening
thousands of others and charring
more than 65,000 acres.
The infernos
hit hardest in the
affluent communities
of Emerald
Bay
in
Laguna
Beach,
miles
southeast of Los Angeles, and Alta-
dena, 10 miles northeast of Los An-
geles. No deaths were reported, but
at least 14 firefighters and nine civil-
ians were reported injured in 13 sep-
arate blazes, fire officials said.
Damage was expected to exceed
hundreds of millions of dollars in one
of the most devastating brush fire
outbreaks in memory.
In
exclusive Emerald Canyon,
flames blamed on a suspected "copy-
cat arsonist" destroyed more than
100 homes, many of them multlmil-
iion-doliar
estates.
Schoolchildren
were evacuated and
Pacific Coast
I
Highway was closed as firefighters
there fought desperately against stiff
A Fire Department helicopter drops water in hard-hit j
afternoon winds to halt the 10-mile
swath of flames. By late afternoon,
of Los Angeles, where
nearly 30
contents on the he
California Highway
Patrol
officers
homes were damaged.
the canyons,
and local police were manning hoses
Gov. Pete Wilson declared a state
The Altadena
fii
because fire departments were over-
6f emergency and flew Into Burbank
near dawn, caught
stretched.
Airport, meeting other elected offi-
still asleep or eatini
At
least' 50 other homes were
cials at a
fire command center in
raced through expe
damaged or destroyed by an early-
Pasadena. Officials said winds are
hoods pushed by 50
morning
fire
that
spread
rapidly
expected to increase today and to-
The fire covered
i
through 4,000 acres in the affluent
morrow, and no rain
is forecast for
acres by 10 a.m.,
c
foothill community of Altadena, au-
the next seven days.
walls and spreading
thorities said. Only hours after that
Many of the most serious fires re-
the air, fire officials
i
blaze broke out in the rugged Eaton
malned out of control late last night
In Ventura Coun
Canyon, authorities arrested a tran-
as smoke darkened the skies and
son fire swept across
sient who was booked on suspicion
white ash fell like snowflakes.
Santa Monica Moun
of unlawful use of fire.
In Laguna Beach, where property
tiy to the Pacific Oo
The man apparently was camp-
damage was most severe, the
fire
the enormous acrea
ing
in the
hills and
his campfire
broke out Just before noon, quickly
four homes were lost
touched off nearby brush, a Los An-
Jumped a ridge and spread south.
In
the
brush-cc
geles
County
Fire
Department
Dozens of homes were engulfed in
northeastern San
E
spokesman said,
the seaside community of Emerald
fire that erupted sh
Other major fires charred 2 1 ,000
Bay, where home values reach $ 1 0
night burned across
acres between Thousand Oaks and
million and more. Laguna Beach
stroyintf six homes
the Pacific Ocean, 45 miles north-
Unified School District officials im-
buildings near 1,80C
west of Los Angeles; about 3,000
mediately evacuated three schools.
mal Park in the-San
!
acres in Escondido, 30 miles north of
In downtown Laguna Beach, resi-
A few hardy four
San
Diego,
where
homes
were
dents crowded onto
rooftops and
to leave the Eagle Ci
threatened and officials at the San
lined the Pacific Coast Highway to
west of the park, evei
Diego
Wild Animal Park worked
gaze
at flames snaking down the
came within a few do
frantically to move endangered Cali-
hills toward the ocean. Traffic came
back nine,
fornia condors and other
species;
to a virtual halt.
“The safest place
and about 750 acres in the Orange
Overhead,
helicopters
dipped
in the middle of a gc
County communities of Anaheim
150-gallon “Bambi buckets" in the
assistant pro
Bill h
Hills and Orange 40 miles southeast
Pacific, then headed back to drop the
grass doesn't bum."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Fire Department helicopter drops water in hard-hit Altadena, Calif,
of Los Angeles, where
nearly 30
homes were damaged.
Gov. Pete Wilson declared a state
6f emergency and flew Into Burbank
Airport, meeting other elected offi-
cials at a
fire command center in
Pasadena. Officials said winds are
expected to increase today and to-
morrow, and no rain
is forecast for
the next seven days.
Many of the most serious fires re-
mained out of control late last night
as smoke darkened the skies and
white ash fell like snowflakes.
In Laguna Beach, where property
damage was most severe, the
fire
broke out Just before noon, quickly
Jumped a ridge and spread south.
Dozens of homes were engulfed in
the seaside community of Emerald
Bay, where home values reach $10
million and more. Laguna Beach
Unified School District officials im-
mediately evacuated three schools.
In downtown Laguna Beach, resi-
dents crowded onto
rooftops and
lined the Pacific Coast Highway to
gaze
at flames snaking down the
hills toward the ocean. Traffic came
to a virtual halt.
Overhead,
helicopters
dipped
150-gallon “Bambi buckets" in the
Pacific, then headed back to drop the
contents on the homes burning in
the canyons.
The Altadena
fire, which began
near dawn, caught many residents
still asleep or eating breakfast as
it
raced through expensive neighbor-
hoods pushed by 50 mph gusts.
The fire covered more than
1 ,000
acres by 10 a.m., climbing canyon
walls and spreading embers through
the air, fire officials said.
In Ventura County, a day-old ar-
son fire swept across 21 ,000 acres of
Santa Monica Mountain back coun-
try to the Pacific Ocean. But despite
the enormous acreage burned, only
four homes were lost.
In
the
brush-covered
hills
of
northeastern San Diego County, a
fire that erupted shortly after mid-
night burned across 6,000 acres, de-
stroying six homes and five other
buildings near 1,800-acre Wild Ani-
mal Park in the-San Pasqual Valley.
A few hardy foursomes declined
to leave the Eagle Crest Golf Course
west of the park, even though flames
came within a few dozen yards of the
back nine.
“The safest place to be in a fire is
in the middle of a golf course," said
|
assistant pro
Bill Hughes. “Green
grass doesn't bum."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Somali fires a U.S.-made M-16 rifle during clan fighting in Mogadishu. The gunman claimed that
he took the weapon from a U.S. Army Ranger during a battle Oct. 3. (See article, 5A.)
Ousted Burundi official
j
seeks help after coup
j
BUJUMBURA, Burundi — The
ousted prime minister of Burundi ap-
pealed yesterday for foreign military
intervention to restore order and re-
establish democracy in this Central
African nation.
Sylvie Klnigi’s appeal came amid
signs that the military coup was be-
ginning to weaken in its fourth day.
Along with suppressing Burundi’s in-
fant democracy, the coup has raised
the specter of renewed fighting be-
tween the Hutu and Tutsi tribes, one
of Africa's goriest ethnic rivalries.
The military has acknowledged
that President Melchior Ndadaye, the
country's first freely elected leader,
was killed shortly after the National
Palace was stormed on Thursday.
From Wire Reports
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TASKING SHEET
SOURCE NO:
079
DATE :
18 OCT
SUSPENSE:
19 OCT
1000 HRS
1.
PROJECT NUMBER:
93-209-T
2.
METHOD/TECHNIQUE:
Method of Choice
.
BACKGROUND
:
This
is
a topical search to be conducted
in
accordance with existing protocol.
4.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION:
Conduct
a topical search for the period ending
22 Oct
1993.
.
COMMENTS
:
None.
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