English: An example (with a fictitious target) of a filled-out Consolidated Target Intelligence File (CTIF) form, which was developed for each target in the Bombing Encyclopedia, which was used in US war planning during the Cold War. The five parts of the form (from top to bottom, each separated by a heavy black line) are:

I. Codes for machine processing and hand processing.

II. Information identifying and locating the target.

III. Information on the category of the target and its individual characteristics within the category.

IV. References to graphic coverage on the target.

V. Sources.

Clinard further explains:

Much of the information is entered on the form uncoded and may be read directly, for example the target's name (02), location (06), elevation in tens of feet (20), roof cover in thousands of square feet (23), and output in thousands of pounds (57): Some of it is entered in a simple code for which the IBM 705 is keyed. On the form shown, in the country block (08) "UR" represents the USSR; under command interest (28) the figure 2 in the E block indicates that the target has been nominated by the U.S. European Command; and under category requirements (68) the letters C and F indicate that additional information is needed on capacity/output and labor force, respectively.