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-RDP78B04558A001500030047-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: December 20, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSAAA/5AC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUCVAAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEKDA/D IA WASHDC
RUCIJRA/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUWBKNA/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUCVAAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
S E C R E T CITE PIC 9361. '~~ 2 0 DEC
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15TH AF CFOR DI), SAC~CFOR DIM/GLASS LAMP/DOCR, DM 4)
2D AF C FOR D I) .
1. CAMERA B 23 WAS USED IN MISSION G 936 FLOWN ON 16 DECEMBER
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE AFB.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
A. DENSITY AND RESOLUTION OF THE MATERIAL ARE GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: EDGE STATIC AND EDGE FOG IS PRESENT THROUGH- ~~
nrt'r Tug nrtr~~rnlu_ PLttS DENSITY OVALS WHICH ARE. PROBABLY ASSOCIATED '~`~`~~_
IN AREA OF FORMAT NEAR THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR. ROLLER CHATTER
EDGE IS IRREG ULARLY SHAPED. THERE ARE SOME PLUS DENSITY SPOTS
FILM . THE REG ISTRAT ION MARK NEAR THE DATA BLOCK ALONG THE INBOARD
WITH ROLLER CHATTER ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION. ROLLER CHATTER IS CONTINUOUS ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE
FILM. THERE IS AN t]LTRASONIC SPLICE BETWEEN FRAMES 1812/18.13.
ALTHOUGH VERY SUBTLE, THE QUALITY OF THE FRAMES TAKEN IN THE 1L
POSITION APPEARS BETTER AT THE END OPPOSITE THE DATA CHAMBER.
HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE TRUE IN ALL CASES.
C. 9L SIDE: EDGE STATIC WAS PRESENT ON BOTH EDGES OF THE
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IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE ARE SCRATCHES ACROSS THE
FORMAT APPROXIMATELY 3.0? FROM DATA BLOCK EDGE IN FRAME 1,7PJ.
A MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS .LOCATED IN FRAME 171.
D. BOTH SIDES: FOG CAUSED BY NON-IMAGE FORMING LIGHT
OBSCURES APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF-THE ;DATA BLOCK ON ALL
FRAMES. A CHANGE IN DENSITY WAS NOTED IN SOME VERTICAL FRAMES.
THIS IS PROBABLY AN INTERNAL CAMERA REFLECTION. SOME FRAMES
WERE NOTED TO HAVE SMEAR BUT THIS HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO VEHICLE
ROLL. THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2083
3.
E.
THERE 4IERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS.
POSITIVE
A.
B.
C.
PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF
THE MISSION.
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S E C R E T
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