CABLE TO RUCSAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000600020014-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 27, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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1968 FEB 27 19 t o Z
P 271905Z FEB 68
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUCVAAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEPJS/DIA WASHDC
RUCIJRA/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUWBKNA/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUCVAAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEFHQA/HQS USAF/AFRDR
INFO RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3116.
15TH AF (FOR DI) SAC G SS LAMP/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI
AFRDR
FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B-24 WAS USED ON MISSION G-015 FLOWN 23 FEB
1968. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCE
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. DENSITY, CONTRAST AND RESOLUTION ARE GOOD THROU
THE MISSION.
B. 9R SIDE: A SERIES OF 0.1 INCH MINUS DENSITY STR
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SPACED 21 INCHES APART ARE PRESENT ALONG THE MINOR AXIS OF THE
FILM ON FRAMES 996 THRU 899 AND 2056 THRU 2059. THE ANOMALY Acvc>)C; cv y
WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED WHEN THE PROCESSOR STOPPED DURING PROCESSI zod
PLUS DENSITY STREAKS, ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING, ARE PRESEV Text
IN FRAMES 896, 901, 908, AND 914. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS
PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES 1340/1341. HEAT SPLICES ARE PRESENT a`
BETWEEN FRAMES 1054/1055 AND IN FRAME 1167.
C. 9L SIDE: A FOG PATTERN IS PRESENT ON EVERY FRAME NEAR
THE DATA BLOCK. IT DEGRADES APPROXIMATELY ONE SQUARE INCH OF THE
FORMAT. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 103. A HEAT
SPLICE IS LOCATED IN FRAME 1146.
D. BOTH SIDES: PLUS DENSITY OVALS, ASSOCIATED WITH ROLLER
CHATTER, ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE INBOARD EDGES.
THESE CAUSE MINOR IMAGE DEGRADATION. FRAMES 2148 TO THE END OF
THE MISSION WERE ACQUIRED WITH MODE ONE OF CAMERA OPERATION.
THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION WAS EXPOSED IN MODE FIVE. THE LAST
TITLED FRAME IS 2377.
3. POSITIVES:
A. THE QUALITY OF THE POSITIVE REPRODUCTIONS IS GOOD.
B. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
MISSION.
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