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

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CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100043-7
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2
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December 28, 2016
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CABLE
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Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100043-7 0 5143 R 041953Z FM CIA WASHDC TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB RUEAHQ/DIAXX RUECYG/NAVY PIC RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF BARKSDALE, LA RUWGSM/4080TH SRW, LAUGHLIN AFB, TEXAS DA GRNC BT S E C R E T Declassification Review by NGA/DoD CIT FOR DI, BRASS KNOB9 DOOR, 41 J L DM 4, DIM, SAC HQS, OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. SUBJECT FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3651. 1. CAMERA B 15 WAS USED IN MISSION 3651 FLOWN ON 2 JULY 1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC. 2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: A. THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD. B. 9 R SIDE: A VERY FINE PLUS DENSITY STREAK LOCATED 3.3" FROM, AND PARALLEL TO, THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM, IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A SMALL MINUS DENSITY SPOT LOCATED 1.8" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND 0.1" IN FROM THE DATA CHAMBER IS PRESENT ON ALL FRAMES OF THE MISSION. EMULSION LIFTS ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. EXAMPLES: FRAMES 818,819,824,831,865,871,1234,1423,1578 AND 1583. SEVERE SCRATCHES AND ABRASIONS ON THE EMULSION SIDE, PROBABLY OCCURRING 1 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100043-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100043-7 0 0 AFTER PROCESSING, AND PRESENT THROUGHOUT FRAMES 932 TO 1064. SCUM (WATER RESIDUE) IS PRESENT ON FRAMES 666 THROUGH 931 ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE AND EXTENDING UP TO APPROXIMATELY 5" INTO THE FORMAT AREA ON THE EMULSION SIDE. CRIMPS OCCURRING DURING FILM HANDLING ARE PRESENT ON NUMEROUS FRAMES. EXAMPLES: FRAMES 918-930. POSITION INDICATORS FOR THE 1L AND 3L POSITIONS MALFUNCTIONED THROUGHOUT. C. 9L SIDE: THERE ARE MINOR STATIC MARKS ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FIRST 10 FRAMES OF THE MISSION. D. THERE IS AN IRREGULAR PLUS DENSITY STREAK APPEARING INTER- MITTENTLY THROUGHOUT FRAMES 1996 TO 2114 ON THE 9L SIDE AND FRAMES 1868 TO 2114 ON THE 9R SIDE. THE STREAK IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE FORMAT. IT IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE METERING AREA BETWEEN FRAMES AND IS ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE EDGE OF THE FILM. NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENCED. 3. POSITIVE: A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD. B. CLOUDS COVER APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT OF THE MISSION. S E C R E T END OF MESSAGE (ABOVE MESSAGE ALSO TRANSMITTED TO CIA WATCH ASP/RR) Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100043-7 1