CABLE TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM CIA WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100019-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 19
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 151957Z 1963 JU? 15 20 5o Z
FM CIA WASHDC
TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB
16 JUL 1963
RUEAHQ/DIAXX
RUECYG/NAVY PIC
RUETDH/6594TH TEST SQ WESTOVER AFB, MASS
RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF BARKSDALE, LA
DA GRNC
BT
S E C R E T
CREASES IN FRAMES 621 THROUGH 623. THERE ARE CHEMICAL STAINS AND
IN THE EMULSION IN FRAMES 297 AND 599. THERE ARE PROCESSOR INDUCED
IN FRAMES 307 THROUGH 310. THERE IS FOREIGN MATTER EMBEDDED
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE ARE HEAVY SCRATCHES ON THE EMULSION
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 5 WAS USED IN MISSION 3661 FLOWN ON 12 JULY 1963;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE NEGATIVE IS GROSSLY OVEREXPOSED AND APPEARS GRAINY.
THE RESOLUTION IS FAIR IN SOME PORTIONS BUT POOR OVERALL DUE TO
THE EXPOSUR AND PROCESSING. THE TITLING IS ILLEGIBLE ON APPROXI-
MATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE FRAMES BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT INK9
EXCESSIVE INK OR MISSING DIGITS.
B. 9R SIDE: THE 2L POSITION INDICATOR DID NOT OPERATE
Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
CITE CIA-Z-755
OUT51495
FOR DI, BRASS KNOB9 DOCR, DM4, DIM, SAC HQS, OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL
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INK BLOTCHES IN THE FORMAT IN FRAMES 904 THROUGH 913.
C. 9L SIDE: THERE ARE PIN POINT SCRATCHES IN THE EMULSION
FROM FRAME 59 THROUGH FRAME 325. THSE PINHOLES ARE 6.25" APART
AND 3.7" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. A PIECE OF WET COTTON 2.5"
IN DIAMETER, WAS FOUND AT FRAME 76. THIS COTTON CAUSED SEVERE
PUCKERING, CREASING AND EMULSION LIFTS BETWEEN FRAMES 72 AND 80.
THE COTTON WAS STILL SATURATED WITH ALCOHOL AND APPARENTLY HAD
BEEN USED TO CLEAN TITLING INK FROM THE NGATIVE. THERE ARE CREASES
IN FRAMES 1310 THROUGH 1314 AND 2106 THROUGH 2110. FROM FRAME 1000
TO FRAME 1444 THERE ARE A SERIES OF EMULSION SCRATCHES 3.7" LONG,
AVERAGING 12" APART AND LOCATED 3.05" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE.
CAMERA EXPOSURE NUMBER 2212 IS TITLED NUMBER 359 AND CAMERA EXPOSURE
2213 IS TITLED 370.
D. THE CAMERA EXPOSURE COUNTER WAS NOT RESET PRIOR TO THE
MISSION AND THE FIRST EXPOSURE IS NUMBERED 1854. THE 9R AND THE 9L
TITLE NUMBERS ARE MISMATCHED FROM 360 TO THE END OF THE MISSION.
THE OVEREXPOSURE MAY BE A SHUTTER MALFUNCTION AND THE CREASES,
SCRATCHES, CHEMICAL STAINS AND PROCESSING STREAKS ARE CONSIDERED
PROCESSING ANOMALIES.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS 80 PERCENT POOR AND 20 PERCENT FAIR.
THIS IS DUE TO THE DEGRADED ORIGINAL NEGATIVE AND CREASES, SCRATCHES
AND ADDITIONAL GRAININESS ACQUIRED IN THE PROCESSING OF THE PRINTS.
THE TITLING IS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED IN 75 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
B. CLOUDS COVER 85 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
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