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-RDP78B04558A001500010082-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: November 10, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01500010082-5 ~
OUT60360
",966 NOV 10 01 51 Z
P 1001232 NOV 66
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
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
RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUCVAAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
BT
S E C R E T CITE NPIC 9024.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GLASS LAMP/DOCK, DM 4)
2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION G 923 FLOWN ON 7
NOVEMBER 1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON
TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE DENSITY IS NORMAL AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: THERE IS FOG ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE
Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01500010082-5
 Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01500010082-5
w w
.r.
THROUGH-OUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MISSION. MINOR PINHOLES
WERE NOTED IN ISOLATED INSTANCES AND POST-PROCESSING ABRASIONS
WERE DETECTED IN FRAME 0207. A HEAT SPLICE IS LOCATED IN
FRAME 1074.
C. 9L SIDE: THE RESULT OF ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IS
PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM. THE VERTICAL INDICATOR
DOT IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE. THERE ARE HEAT SPLICES IN FRAMES
0247 AND 1022 AI3D BETWEEN FRAMES 1400 AND 1401. FRAME 0247
ALSO CONTAINS A REPAIRED TEAR. A MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS
LOCATED IN FRAME 1751.
D. BOTH SIDES: A LIGHT LEAK OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN
DEGRADES APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF EACH FRAME THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. THE RESULTS OF THE LIGHT LEAK ARE LOCATED ALONG
THE DATA BLOCK EDGE WHERE THE NEGATIVES CONTAIN AREAS OF
MAXIMUM DENSITY. THE DATA BLOCK HOUSING APPEARS TO PREVENT
FOGGING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE DATA BLOCK, HOWEVER THE
CAMERA POSITION INDICATOR IS NOT READABLE. THE FOGGING IS
SLIGHTLY MORE PRONOUNCED ON THE 9R SIDE THAN THE 9L SIDE. AN
ADDITIONAL ANOMALY, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIGHT LEAK,
IS A SERIES OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF VARYING DENSITIES ABOUT
Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01500010082-5
 Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78B04558A001500010082-5
THE PRINCIPAL POINT OF THE FORMAT. THESE CIRCLES APPEAR TO
BE REFLECTIONS FROM THE REAR ELEMENT OF THE LENS OR A SHADOW-
GRAPH OF THE CONTOURED PLATEN. THESE CIRCLES DEGRADE THE
IMAGERY AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PERCENT. THERE ARE ALSO LONGITUDINAL
LINES OF VARYING DENSITY, SPACED APPROXIMATELY 0.5 INCH
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MISSION. THESE LINES ARE MUCH MORE
PROMINENT ON THE 9L SIDE AND HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF BAS-RELIEF.
IN ADDITION TO THE MAJOR LIGHT LEAK THERE ARE A SERIES OF PLUS
DENSITY. LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE 'FILM FROM EDGE TO EDGE IN
ALL FRAMES. THESE LINES ARE RECORDED 12.0 INCHES FROM THE
TAKE-UP ON THE 9L SIDE AND 2.75 INCHES FROM THE TAKE-UP ON THE
9R SIDE. THERE WAS AN ISOLATED INSTANCE OF SMEAR INDUCED BY
THE RATE OF VEHICLE ROLL IN FRAME 1025. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF
2134 TITLED FRAMES ON THIS MISSION.
E. ASIDE FROM THE LIGHT LEAKS DESCRIBED ABOVE THERE
WERE NO CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING ANOMALIES ON THIS
MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD EXCEPT WHERE DEGRADED BY
F.OG, CONCENTRIC CIRCLES AND LONGITUDINAL LINES. IT IS
Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78B04558A001500010082-5
 Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01500010082-5
ESTIMATED THAT THE LIGHT LEAK CAUSED A 30 PERCENT LOSS IN
INTELLIGENCE VALUE ON THIS MISSION, PARTICULARLY WHERE STEREO-
SCOPIC COVERAGE WAS REQUIRED FOR THE READOUT.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURRED OR DEGRADED APPROXIMATELY 55 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION PHOTOGRAPHY.
GP-1
S E C R E T
END OF MESSAGE
Approved For Release 2008/03/12 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01500010082-5