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

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CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100041-9
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3
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December 28, 2016
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Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100041-9 aCVtfCl P 051625Z FM CIA WASHDC TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB RUEAHQ/DIAXX RUECYG/NAVY PIC RUETDH/6594TH TEST SQD, WESTOVER AFB, MASS RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF BARKSDALE, LA RUWGSM/4080TH SRW, LAUGHLIN AFB, TEXAS DA GRNC 5 JUL 1963, HFS OUTS 1442 BT S E C R E T CITE CIA-Z-733 FOR DI, BRASS KNOB9 DOCK, DM 4, DIM, SAC HQS, OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. 1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3652 FLOWN ON 3 JULY 1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY WESTOVER. 2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: A. THE NEGATIVE IS SLIGHTLY OVEREXPOSED AND THE RESOLUTION IS FAIR TO GOOD. THE EXPOSURES MADE IN THE 1L POSITION ARE NOT AS SHARP AS THOSE MADE IN OTHER POSITIONS. B. 9R SIDE: MINUS DENSITY DOTS 0.15" FROM, AND PARALLEL TO, THE INBOARD EDGE OCCUR EACH 1.5" BEGINNING AT FRAME 397 AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A SERIES OF PLUS DENSITY, Declassification Review by NGA/DoD SECREI GROUP 1 Excluded from automatic dowagradiag ad dedusifica n 1 1 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100041-9 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100041-9 . qP SOFT RINGS 0.5" IN DIAMETER BEGIN AT FRAME 668 AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THOURGHOUT THE MISSION. THEY APPEAR AT ERRATIC INTERVALS, BUT ARE ALWAYS OF THE SAME SHAPE AND SIZE AND ARE ALWAYS FROM 3" TO 3.25" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. A WAVERING PLUS DENSITY STREAK APPROXIMATELY 3.5" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE, AS DESCRIBED IN MISSION 3651, BEGINS AT FRAME 2509 AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRAME 3565. ON THREE OCCASIONS, THE 1L POSITION INDICATOR LAMP FAILED TO OPERATE. Co 9L SIDE: THERE ARE MINOR PHYSICAL DAMAGES THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE, DUE TO FILM HANDLING, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE HEAT SPLICES. THERE IS A FINE PLUS DENSITY STREAK 4.3" FROM, AND PARALLEL TO, THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE IS INBOARD EDGE STATIC ON THE FIRST 31 FRAMES AND OUTBOARD EDGE STATIC ON THE FIRST 490 FRAMES. STATIC MARKS NORMALLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE PRESSURE ROLLER APPEAR CON- TINUOUSLY ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE, SEVERE SCRATCHES IN THE CENTER OF THE FORMAT ON FRAMES 238 THROUGH 256. THERE ARE PROCESSING STREAKS THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE OF THE MISSION. D. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS. 3. POSITIVE: Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100041-9 1 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100041-9 A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR DUE MAINLY TO CLOUD CONDITIONS, WITH SLIGHT DEGRADATION DUE TO THE LACK OF CRISPNESS IN THE IL POSITION, AS AFOREMENTIONED. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD. B. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT OF THE MISSION. SCP-1 END OF MESSAGE Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100041-9