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-RDP78B04558A000700110006-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T CITE CIA-Z-900
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15TH AF (FOR DI); SAC (FOR DIM, BRASS KNOB9 DOCR, DM 4); 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 11 WAS USED IN MISSION 3726 FLOWN ON 19 SEPT 1963;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD AND THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE.
B. 9R SIDE: NUMEROUS FINE PROCESSING SCRATCHES ARE NOTED
ON FRAMES 005 (FIRST TITLED FRAME) THROUGH 667. THESE SCRATCHES
EXTEND ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORMAT PARALLEL TO THE FILM EDGES AND
END AT A HEAT SPLICE MADE BETWEEN FRAMES 667 AND 668. A 2.5"
WIDE FOGGED PATCH IS PRESENT ON FRAME 2171 EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY
4" INTO THE FORMAT AREA FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. MINOR PROCESSING
STREAKS ARE NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE.
C. 9L SIDE: TWO CONTINUOUS PRE-PROCESSING.FCRATCHES AND
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PRESSURE LINES IN THE EMULSION .OF FRAMES 005 (FIRST TITLED FRAME)
THROUGH 1597 APPEAR 2.2" AND 0.6" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND PARALLEL
TO THE MAJOR AXIS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS BLISTERS, MINUS DENSITY
SPOTS, AND PINHOLES THAT ARE MOST PREVELENT IN THESE SAME FRAMES;
THEY GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN FREQUENCY TOWARD THE END OF THE MISSION.
A SERIES OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS OCCURS 1.55" APART, 2.25" FROM,
AND PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE. PROCESSING
SCRATCHES OF THE TYPE REPORTED IN PREVIOUS MISSIONS BEGIN AT THE
HEAT SPLICE IN FRAME 1370 AND ARE CONTINUOUS TO THE END. WAVY,
LINEAR, PLUS DENSITY PROCESSING STREAKS ARE APPARENT IN FRAMES
146 TO 148 AND 1466 TO 1467. THERE IS INTERMITTENT OUTBOARD EDGE
FOG BEGINNING AT FRAME 171 AND LASTING FOR ABOUT 25 FRAMES.
D. THE METERING IS ERRATIC THROUGHOUT THE MISSION WITH NO
OVERLAPPING FORMATS NOTED.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE
B. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 65 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
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