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-RDP78B04558A001200030014-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: March 30, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
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RUCVAA/2RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEKDA/DIA WASHDC
RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUWGAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 6800.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B 7 WAS USED IN MISSION 9081 FLOWN ON 28 MARCH
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS
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FAIR TO GOOD. PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE VERTICAL POSITION IS GOOD;
HOWEVER, PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1L AND IR POSITIONS IS CONSIDERED TO i
BE ONLY OF FAIR QUALITY. THE IMAGERY HAS A SLIGHTLY SOFT
APPEARANCE WHICH IS NON-DIRECTIONAL AND MAY BE THE RESULT OF A
SLIGHT VIBRATION.
B. 9R SIDE: ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH FILM EDGES
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. DEGRADATION IS MINOR. A 0.5" WIDE STRE'Ai(
OF FOG, EXTENDING FROM THE INBOARD TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE
FILM, IS PRESENT IN FRAME 115. THE POSITION INDICATORS ARE FAINLY
IMAGED NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A PLUS DENSITY LINE
LOCATED 4.35" FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM
IS PRESENT ON FRAMES 2101 THROUGH 2795. OTHER LINES OF PLUS DENSITY
WERE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. HEAT SPLICES ARE PRESENT BETWEEN
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FRAME 134 IS SP.,TTED
FRAMES 133/134, 2749/2750, AND IN FRAME 146
BY CHEMICALS. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES
1259/ 1260.''
C. 9L SIDE: MINOR EDGE STATIC WAS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY
ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE. ROLLER CHATTER ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE
WAS INTERMITTENT AND VERY MINOR IN NATURE. SEVERAL ROWS OF MINUS
DENSITY DOTS WERE NOTED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION. THE DOTS
ARE 1.5" APART. TWO ROWS THAT ARE 2.E" AND 2.7" FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE ARE PRESENT FOR ONLY ABOUT 200 FRAMES. TWO MORE ROWS 2.9"
AND 3.5" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE ARE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PLUS DENSITY LINES NOTED A FEW TIMES IN
THE MISSION, THESE LINES HAVE APPEARED ON DIFFERENT PLACES WITHIN
THE FORMAT. HEAT SPLICES ARE LOCATED IN FRAMES 122 AND 1470.
MANUFACTURING SPLICES ARE PRESENT IN FRAME 975 AND BETWEEN FRAMES
2115/2116.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE FIRST TITLED FRAME IS 006 AND THE LAST
TITLED FRAME IS 2801.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING ANOMALIES OR CAMERA MAL-
FUNCTIONS IN THIS MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO GOOD (SEE SECTION A OF PART 2).
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT OF THIS
MISSION.
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