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TRANSMITTED HEREWITH IS THE TEXT OF A TELETYPE FM THULE ABf QUOTE UN CL AS EFT 0 4 6S3CCR, U THIS IS CRESTED ICE REPORT DDR 21, 21 AUG SE, OCEAN 2* GOOD WEATHER CONTINUED UNTIL FOG MOVED INTO THE SUR VEY AREA AT 0245 HOURS 2 1 AUG S3, THE MANIPULATOR HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM STAR III AMD SHE WAS LAUNCHED ACCORD ING TO LAST REPORTED PLAN AT 1700 HOURS ON 20 AUG, WITH OUT THE MANIPULATOR, SHE BEGAN DIVE AT 2 125
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VISIBILITY OH THE BOTTOM WAS GOOD* THE MOD IF Ip TETHER SURVEY METHOD OF SEARCH WORKED EFFECTIVELY FOR CIRCLES ABOUT THE DATUM POINT AT 15 FOOT INTERVALS* THE 35MM CAMERA MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN BIT! VIDEO TAPE COVERAGE OF FAIR QUS FOR A RADIUS OF 12 0 FEET OUT FROM DATUM FGIBT. VISUAL OBSERVATION BY MAJOR ROE WAS EXCELLENT. FOR EXAMPLE, A CROW BAR STICKING UP AT AN ANGLE ON THE BOTTOM WAS OBSERVED AND IDEHTIFIED ON THE FIRST PASS NEAR IT AND HEcuGnlZEi: AGAIN ON THE NEXT PASS. AT A POINT 120 FEET FROM DATUM POICT 0® FAMILIAR FRAME, WHICH STOOD AT CENTER OF THE IMPACT AREA ON THE ICE, WAS FOUND WHEN TETHER LIME BECAME ENTANGLED WITH IT. UNFORTUNATELY IT MAKES TETHERED CIHaiNG BEYOND THE 120 FOOT LINE IMPOSSIBLE AND ITS EXISTANCE PLUS FOG FORMATION FORCED CURTAILMENT OF THE DIVE, THE FRAME WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE 100 YARD RADIUS AREA. THIS CAN BE DONE BY STAR III EVEN WITHOUT MANIPULATOR BY LOOPING A LINE FROM A BOAT ON THE* SUE FARCE AROUi© IT AND THEN HAVING THE BOAT DRAG IT AWAY.
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3. RESULTS OF tflSSIOK H3R 5 LAST NIGHT WERE DISAPPOINTING DUE TO 35f1M CAMERA FAILURE BUT THE PROVING OUT OF THE/- r, TETHER MAVIS AT 10 U SYSTEM AND IKE FACT THAT IF WE HADN’T C' HAD TO CURTAIL THEMISSIOi-3 DUE TO THE "A" FRAME, WE COULD HAVE COVERED A CONSIDERABLY LARGER AREA; MAKE FUTURE LOOK BRIGHTER. ALSO, HITHERTO UNDISCOVERED ELECTRONIC FAULT IN CAMERA FOUND THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE REASON FOR REPEATED 35RM FAILURES, HOWEVER, VIDEO PICTURES ARE MUCH BETTER THIS TIME AND SUBSTANTUATE MAJOR ROE’S EYEBALL REPORT OF SEEING A' CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF AIRPLANE PIECES, SOME OF WHICH APPEARED TO BE QUITE LARGE AS FAR OUT AS THE 120 FOOT CIRCLE, IF WE HAVE NOW FOUND THE REAL PROBLEM WITH THE 35MM CAMERA, WE WILL GO BACK OVER THE 120 FOOT CIRCLE TAKING PICTURES AS WE GO. A, STAR III IS SCHEDULED TO DIVE TONIGHT LEAVING DOCK AT 203 0. MISSION WILL BE TO REMOVE IKE "A" FRAME FROM THE AREA AND THEN STARTING AT DATUM POINT AGAIN WITH A GOOD 35HM CAMERA, WE MOPE, SURVEY THE 120 FOOT AREA AGAIN AND THEN EXTEND COVERAGE OUT AS FAR AS MISSION TIME WILL ALLOW, THE MANIPULATOR IS TILL OUT AWAITING PARTS* XV
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5. DANISH SURVEY CONTINUES. DR. VIBE HAS ASKED IF WE HAVE AtvY PICTURES OF THE BOTTOM, HOW DEEP IS IT, HAVE ANY PIECES OF AIRCRAFT BEEN FOUND, AND MIGHT THEY POSSIBLY HANG UP OH PIECES IF THEY RAN THEIR SMALL DRAG NETS THROUGH THE AREA* OUR ANSWER WAS AFFIRMATIVE TO ALL EXCEPT THAT HE HAS TOLD THAT OUT PICTURES WERE NOT GOOD YET. I GOT IMPRESSION THAT HE IS INTERESTED IN BOTTOM SAMPLES AND CONSIDERS SNAGGING ON AIRCRAFT PARTS A HAZARD TO SAMPLE GATHERING RATHER THAN A MEANS OF GETTING AIR CRAFT PIECES. I TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE PHOTOS SHOWING ECOLOGY AND AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE AT THE BOTTOM WHEN WE COULD GET SUITABLE PRINTS. 6. MAJOR JOHN C. TASCHNEE, HEALTH PHYSICIST FROM RADIO LOGICAL HEALTH LAB AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON APE HAS ARRIVED TO REPLACE CAPTAIN W. 3. MOYER. 7. LAST NIGHTS FOG CLEARED THIS MORNING ABUT FOG IS AGAIN FORECASTED FOR EARLY TOMORROW, LIKE 0200 HOURS. WEATHER OTHERWISE CONTINUES GOOD WITH 28-4 0 DEG F TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS, NO CHANGE IN PARAGRAPHS 5, «, AND 5 OF