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-RDP78B04549A000600030086-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: March 4, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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INFO RUEPIA/CIA WASHD C
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3162.
15TH AF (FOR.-DI), SAC (GLASS 1LAMP/DOCK, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
AFRDR (ATTN:
1. CAMERA B-18 WAS USED ON MISSION G-016 FLOWN 27 FEBRUAR
1968. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV. RECON. TECH. SUPPC
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. DENSITY AND RESOLUTION ARE GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY SPOTS LOCATED 6.0 I
FROM THE INBOARD EDGE IS PRESENT FOR THE ENTIRE MISSION. A
0.15 INCH WIDE BAND COMPRISED OF NUMEROUS FINE HAIRLINE SCRAT
IS LOCATED 1.85 INCHES FROM INBOARD EDGE. THIS BAND EXTENDS
THROUGHOUT PART 12 (FRAMES 1464-1596). THESE SCRATCHES ARE P
ON THE HEAD AND TAIL IDENTS AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE PROCESSOR
ASSOCIATED. FRAME 972 CONTAINS A HEAT SPLICE; FRAME 1006 CON
A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE. WAVERING PLUS DENSITY LINES OCCURRE
INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. FRAME 1860 HAS SEVERE
ABRASIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING. FOG EXTENDS A MAXIMUM
2.5 INCHES INTO THE FORMAT FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE ON 9 FRAMES
OF THE MISSION.
C. 9L SIDE: WAVERING PLUS DENSITY LINES ARE PRESENT Advance Copy
INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. FRAMES 1200 THRU 1350 Sanitized
CONTAIN MOST OF THESE LINES. A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS IS With Teat
APPARENT 1.2 INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. A SERIES OF PLUS
DENSITY SPOTS IS VISIBLE (SPOTS RANGE FROM 0.05 TO 0.5 INCHES IN 0
DIAMETER) 0.75 INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FORMAT. THESE
SPOTS ARE SPACED APPROXIMATELY 5.0 INCHES APART FOR THE ENTIRE
MISSION. FRAME 1022 CONTAINS A HEAT SPLICE; FRAME 1456 CONTAINS
A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE.
0. ROLLER CHATTER AND EDGE STATIC OCCURRED ALONG BOTH EDGES
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A PLUS DENSITY AREA IS PRESENT IN ALL
FORMATS IN THE VICINITY OF THE VERTICAL INDICATOR DOT. GHOST
IMAGES OF POSITION INDICATORS ARE PRESENT IN ALL FRAMES; HOWEVER,
THE PROPER POSITION INDICATOR IS MUCH DARKER. THE COUNTER SKIPPED
NUMBER ?072. THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2072 3UTU THE COUNTER READS
2073. MODE 5 WAS USED THROUGHOUT. THIS MISSION' WAS ACTUALLY FLOWN
ON 27 FEBRUARY 1969; HOWEVER, TITLING ON MATERIAL READS 28
FEBRUARY 1969.
3. POSITIVES:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
B. P.I. SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE
MISSION.
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