Part 24, page 615

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BOTH MR. KRUEGER AND MR. NOLAN EMPHASIZED THAT OBTAINING IR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AREA CAPABLE OF YIELDING A PARACHUTE WAS ANALOGOUS TO QUOTE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A VERY LARGE HAYSTACK UNQUOTE. THEY NOTED THAT AERIAL IR PHOTOGRAPHY WORK WAS ONLY A SINGLE ELEMENT IN ACCOMPLISHING THE OBJECTIVE AND THAT THE REAL TASK INVOLVED THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTANT IMAGERY BY QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT TO ANALYZE THE AREA INVOLVED IN CAPTIONED MATTER WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST A DOZEN MEN WORKING FULL TIME FOR AT LEAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS. SUCH ANALYSIS COULD CONCEIVABLY COST THE BUREAU AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRED WOULD PROBABLY BE PROVIDED FREE OF COST.

CONCERNING IMAGERY ANALYSIS AND DATA INTERPRETATION, MR. KRUEGER SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING AS BEING EXPERTS IN THE FIELD:

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