CABLE TO RUCSAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001500030031-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: December 21, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUCSAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
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15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM, GLASS LAMP, DOCR, DM4) 2D AF
1. CAMERA B 15 WAS USED IN MISSION G 937 FLOWN ON 19 DECEMBERS /_~>.
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
B. 9R SIDE: THERE ARE PLUS DENSITY OVALS ALONG THE INBOARD
EDGE OF THE FIRST FEW FRAMES. THESE ARE PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH
THE ROLLER CHATTER THAT IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. EDGE
STATIC IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM. A FEW PINHOLES
WERE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE IS A HEAT SPLICE IN
FRAME 1:007. A MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS LOCATED IN FRAME 571.
Co 9L SIDE: EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ON BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM.
PLUS DENSITY OVALS WERE NOTED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
THESE ARE PROBABLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROLLER CHATTER THAT IS
PRESENT THROUGHOUT. THERE IS A 5.0" PLUS DENSITY BAND NEAR THE
CENTER OF FORMAT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. HOWEVER, IT IS ONLY
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A. THE DENSITY OF THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE IS VERY HEAVY. _ - I
THE RESOLUTION IS FAIR TO GOOD. A>ar cagi
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DETECTABLE OVER LIGHT DENSITY AREAS (WATER) AND CAUSES ONLY MINOR
DEGRADATION TO THE-IMAGERY. A PLUS DENSITY LINE WAS NOTED
APPROXIMATELY 0.1" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE IN FRAMES 1255 THRU 1916.
'EDGE FOG IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM. THERE IS AN
ABRASION IN FRAME 825. A HEAT SPLICE IS LOCATED IN FRAME 1101.
D. BOTH SIDES: A PLUS DENSITY CHANGE IS NOTED APPROXIMATELY
3.0" FROM THE DATA BLOCK EDGE. THIS HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO AN
INTERNAL CAMERA REFLECTION. SMEARED IMAGERY CAUSED BY VEHICLE ROLL
RATE WAS OBSERVED ON APPROXIMATELY TEN FRAMES OF THE MISSION.
E.. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS IN
THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVE
A. PI SUITABILITY WAS GENERALLY GOOD. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE
HEAVY DENSITY OF THE NEGATIVES THE POSITIVES WERE MUCH LIGHTER
IN DENSITY, CONSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF DETAIL IN SOME
AREAS.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WAS ONLY FAIR BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY
DENSITY OF THE NEGATIVES.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE
MISSION.
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