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-RDP78B04558A001500010088-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 88
• Publication Date: November 9, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 092113Z 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 % ASHDC
RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUCVAAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 9011.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GLASS LAMP/DOCR, DM 4)
2D AF (FOR DI),,
1. CAMERA B-23 WAS USED IN MISSION G 922 FLOWN ON 5 NOVEMBER
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD WHEN
NOT DEGRADED BY ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS.
B. 9R SIDE: EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY ALONG
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THE OUTBOARD EDGE. MINOR ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES
OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS
LOCATED 0.9 INCH FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE AND 2.3 INCHES APART ARE
PRESENT THROUGH FRAME 0205. SEVERAL PLUS DENSITY STREAKS ARE PRESENT
THROUGH FRAME 1330 WHERE THEY TERMINATE AT A HEAT SPLICE. MINOR
FOG PATTERNS ARE PRESENT ON FRAMES: 1575, 1782, 1785, 2069, 2074,
2078, 2082, 2086, 2090, 2094, 2098, 2102, AND 2137.
C. 9L SIDE: EDGE STATIC ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE AND ROLLER
CHATTER ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
SEVERAL ROWS OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS ARE PRESENT ON THE FIRST 200
FRAMES. DENSITY STREAKS OF VARYING DEGREES EXTENDING ACROSS THE
FORMAT ARE PRESENT ON FRAME 1266 AND INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT
THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION. THE DENSITY CHANGES ARE VISIBLE
ONLY OVER AREAS OF LOW CONTRAST. HEAT SPLICES ARE LOCATED BETWEEN
FRAMES 1091910829 1634/1635, AND THROUGH FRAME 1233. A MANUFACTURING
SPLICE IS PRESENT THROUGH FRAME 0122.
D. THE METERING IS SLIGHTLY ERRATIC; HOWEVER, FORMAT OVER-
LAPPING DOES NOT OCCUR. THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2409.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS.
3. POSITIVE:
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A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
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B.- THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD. THE PROBLEM OF
PINHOLES AND NEWTON RINGS REPORTED DURING PRINTING DID NOT AFFECT
THE PI SUITABILITY.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURED 50 PERCENT OF THE MISSION
PHOTOGRAPHY. HEAVY HAZE DEGRADED ANOTHER 20 PERCENT OF THE MATERIAL.
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