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1. DEORIEFING OF CREWS INDICATE PARACHUTE BAG NOT ATTACHED TO

DRiOGUEF CHUTE. STRAP HANGING DOWN FROM ATTACHMENT POINT OF PARACMUTE

LINES WAS APPROXIMATELY THE LE-9GTH OF THE DRGUE PARACHUTE SYSTEM.

DROGUE WAS OBSERVED IMPACTING SURFACE. 1T FLOATED APPROXIMATELY ONE

''ImTE AND "suNx.

2 &3. ALL AIRCRAFT ACQUIRED DELTA 1 AND DELTA 2 AT APPROXIMATELY 0
r12215. SEARCM FOR DELTA . CPi'NESCED A4D DELTA 3 WAS ACQUIRED

AT 2125:00Z BY DAMP 4,'2123125 BY DAMP 3, 2127100 BY DAMP LEADER.

ALL AIRCRAFT PEPORTED LOSS OF DELTA 3 BY 2134u0e. DEORIEFING OF IKE

CnEWS CMFIRMS THJAY THE DELTA 3 SIOUAL REPORTED WAS A SPURIuUS SIGNAL
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GENERATED BY THE RECOVERY AIRCRAFT. THE SIGIAL REMAIMD ON THE TAIL

OF THE AIRCRAFT REGARDLESS OF AIRCRAFT HEADINQ. I BELIEVE THIS SIGNAL

IS GENERATED BY THE 114F GUARD MODE. VE 'I'LL IAVESTIGATE THIS PROLES.

A PROCEPURE CHA4GE SHO"LD PROVIDE A SOLUTIOW.

PART II. THE SEARCH COND"CTED WAS FGATIVE. HOWEVER, AT APPROXIMATELY

2145Z DAMP ? DID PEPORT A DISCOLORA1Y08 OF THE PATER MEASURED OlEE

HUNDRED FEET SQUAF.E. 2O DEBRIS I'fS SIGHTED. KO1WEVER AS NEAR AS CAli

B ASCERTA1EO THFRE WERE MPANY AIR BUBBLES WITHIR THE AREA.

AIRCRAFT RETUEN TO SAME AREA AlJD COPLD NOT SIGHT DISCOLORATION AGAIN.

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DELTA i AID DELTA 2 WERE ACQuIRED SIPIULTAEOUSLY AT 2115:40Z AND

FADED DURI46 BLACK OuT AT 2116:3)Z. AFTER -BLACN OUT D-1 PND D-

WERE REACQUIRED AT ^tl9:4OZ. A SUDDEM LOSS OF BOTH D-1 AD

D-2 OCURED AT ?Iet:38Z. D-3 FS. REPORTED BY DAMP 3 A9D DAP 4

OCCURRED AT 2123125Z THROUGH 2133t45Z. HOWEVER, DEBRIEFING

OF BOTH AIRCREWS REVEALED THAT THIS WAS A SPURRIOUS SIGNAL GREERATED

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0-3 ACQUISITI-N. THE DROiSUE CMVITE WAS SIGHTED BY.MP . 2 AT .

21271007, AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE 22,000 FEET. THE DROGUE CHUTE WAS

ESTIMATED AT ?6,000 TO 28,600 FEET. THE DROGUE CMTE WAS

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