CABLE TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200020058-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: February 15, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 6472.
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15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B 23 WAS USED IN MISSION 8074 FLOWN ON 11 !1
FEBRUARY 1966_ PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH _ _-
SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS
FAIR TO GOOD. RESOLUTION THROUGHOUT THE MISSION IS DEGRADED
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BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE TWO SEPARATE ANOMOLIES. FIRST, THE AREA -Jr
OF OPTIMUM FOCUS IS LOCATED AT THE NON-DATA CHAMBER END OF ALL
FRAMES RATHER THAN IN THE CENTER OF THE FORMAT ALONG THE INBOARD
EDGE. THE IMAGERY AT THE DATA CHAMBER END IS SLIGHTLY OUT-OF-
FOCUS. THE TRANSITION FROM GOOD FOCUS AT THE NON-DATA CHAMBER
END TO OUT-OF-FOCUS AT THE DATA CHAMBER END IS GRADUAL AND GIVES
THE APPEARANCE THAT THE MIRROR OR PLATEN MAY BE SLIGHTLY OUT OF
ALIGNMENT. SECOND, THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGERY EXPOSED IN THE
1R AND 1L POSITIONS HAS A SOFT APPEARANCE WHICH IS NON-DIRECTIONAL
AND MAY POSSIBLY BE CAUSED BY A HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION OR A
MORE SEVERE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM PRESENT IN THESE POSITIONS.
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THE RESOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN IN TAE 2R AND 2L POSITIONS
IS BETTER THAN THAT TAKEN IN THE 1R AMU 1L POSITIONS.
B. 9R SIDE: INBOARD AND OUTBOARD ROLLER CHATTER ARE
PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. SLIGHT EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT
ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM FROM HEAD TO TAIL. CHEMICAL
STAINS ON THE BASE SIDE OF THE MATERIAL ARE PRESENT ON FRAMES 1977
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THROUGH 1-8-9-?. THESE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FOREIGN
MATTER ON A ROLLER EITHER DURING FILM MANUFACTURE OR FILM
PROCESSING. FRAME 810 CONTAINS A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE AND HEAT
SPLICES ARE LOCATED IN FRAME 1187 AND BETWEEN FRAMES 303/304,
603/604, 804/805, 1504/1505 AND 1558/1559.
C. 9L SIDE: INBOARD ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT FROM
HEAD TO TAIL. OUTBOARD EDGE STATIC AND INBOARD EDGE FOG ARE
PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A PLUS DENSITY STREAK CAUSED
BY A CREASE IN THE FILM IS LOCATED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
FRAMES 498 THROUGH 502. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS CONTAINED
IN FRAME 173 AND HEAT SPLICES ARE LOCATED IN FRAME 1063 AND
BETWEEN FRAMES 303/304, 304/305, 603/604, 1003/1004, 1204/1205,
1504/1505 AND 1551/1552.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE DATA CHAMBER COUNTER RECORDED FRAME
NUMBER 0001 TWO TIMES; FRAME NUMBER 0230 FOUR TIMES AND
FRAME NUMBER 1130 TWICE. THE FOCUS CONDITION DESCRIBED IN PART
2A APPLIES TO BOTH SIDES OF THE MISSION. THE FIRST TITLED
FRAME IS 0001 AND THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2205.
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E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING yMALIES OR CAMERA
MALFUNCTIONS OTHER THAN THOSE PREVIOUI MENTIONED.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURE-'- APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION.
S E C R E T
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