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-RDP78B04558A001500010021-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: November 24, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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RUCVAAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEKDA/DIA WASHDC
RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUWBKNA/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUCVAAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
BT
S E C R E T CITE NPIC 9136.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GLASS LAMP/DOCR, DM 4)
2D AF (FOR DI).
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1966 NOV 24 02 12 Z
1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION G927 FLOWN ON 22
NOVEMBER 1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE BARKSDALE iP
AFB.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE DENSITY AND RESOLUTION ARE GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ON THE INBOARD EDGE.
MINOR ROLLER CHATTER WAS NOTED ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM.
THERE IS A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS ONE INCH FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE AND 1.7 INCHES APART. THEY WERE FIRST DETECTED ON FRAME
0121 AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A MANUFACTURING
SPLICE IS LOCATED IN FRAME 1937.
C. 9L SIDE: EDGE STATIC AND ROLLER CHATTER WERE NOTED
ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM. A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS
1.7 INCHES APART IS FIRST NOTED IN FRAME 0301. THEY ARE
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.8 INCH FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE BUT VARY
IN LOCATION UP TO 2.0 INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. THEY ARE
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VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND FRAME 0840 IS THE LAST FRAME IN
WHICH THEY WERE NOTED. A MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS LOCATED IN
FRAME 0818. CINCH MARKS WERE NOTED ACROSS FRAME 2117 APPROX-
IMATELY THREE INCHES FROM THE DATA BLOCK EDGE.
D. BOTH SIDES: A DENSITY CHANGE WAS NOTED IN SOME
VERTICAL FRAMES. IT IS PROBABLY CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL CAMERA
REFLECTION. THIS ANOMALY HAS BEEN REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES
BEFORE. THERE WERE A FEW SMEARED FRAMES PROBABLY CAUSED BY
VEHICLE MANEUVERS. THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2369.
E. THE SHUTTER REMAINED OPEN INTERMITTENTLY FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE MISSION TO FRAME 2079. BECAUSE OF THIS
MALFUNCTION APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT OF THE TAKE WAS DE-
GRADED. THERE WERE NO PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI. SUITABILITY IS BETTER ON THIS MISSION THAN
IT HAS BEEN ON THE LAST FEW MISSIONS. HOWEVER, IT WAS HAMPERED
BY THE SHUTTER MALFUNCTION.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURRED OR DEGRADED APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION.
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S E C R E T
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