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-RDP78B04549A000600010023-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: January 24, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP78B04549A 00600010023-0
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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
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RUCIJRA/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
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INFO RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC2905.
15TH AF (FOR DI). SAC S LAMP/DOOR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
AFRDR I.
1. ON MISSION G-007 FLOWN 19 JANUARY
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. DENSITY IS GOOD FOR MOST OF THE MISSION; HOWEVER, SOM
FRAMES APPEAR TO BE SLIGHTLY HEAVY. RESOLUTION RANGES FROM GO
(FRAME 901) TO FAIR (FRAME 913). THE RESOLUTION ALSO RANGES
FROM GOOD TO FAIR WITHIN MANY INDIVIDUAL FRAMES (FRAME 909).
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INSTEAD OF THE CENTER OF THE FORMATS HAVING THE BEST RESOLUTION, Advanc~ C
A SHIFT HAS TAKEN PLACE SUCH THAT THE BEST RESOLUTION IS
APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH CLOSER TO THE NON-DATA BLOCK END OF THE
FRAME. THIS RESULTS IN THE DATA BLOCK END OF THE FORMAT HAVING
POORER RESOLUTION THAN IS USUAL FOR THIS CAMERA. ALSO, THE NON-
DATA BLOCK END OF FORMAT HAS BETTER RESOLUTION THAN IS USUAL.
(IN A NORMAL FRAME BOTH ENDS OF THE FORMAT HAVE COMPARABLE
RESOLUTIONS).
B. 9R SIDE: MINOR FOGGED AREAS ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY
IN THE FORMAT AND ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE. FRAME 970 CONTAINS
A HEAT SPLICE. FRAME 1069 CONTAINS A CREASE NEAR THE DATA BLOCK.
C. 9L SIDE: MINUS DENSITY DOTS ARE PRESENT I N THE FIRST
29 FRAMES (1.7 INCHES APART). A FAINT PLUS DENSITY BAND 4 TO
6 INCHES WIDE IS PRESENT IN THE FIRST 900 FRAMES THROUGH THE
CENTER OF EACH FORMAT ALIGNED ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM.
FRAME 2034 HAS A CREASE IN THE NON-DATA BLOCK CORNER END OF THE
FRAME. FRAME 1031 CONTAINS A HEAD SPLICE. FRAMES 1390/1391,
1959/1960, AND 2053/2034 HAVE HEAT SPLICES BETWEEN THEM.
D. BOTH SIDES: MINOR EDGE STATIC AND ROLLER CHATTER ARE
PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY. THE DATA BLOCKS APPEAR OVER-EXPOSED
THROUGHOUT. MODE 5 OF CAMERA OPERATION WAS USED THROUGHOUT.
FRAME 2078 IS A 3R. THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2080.
3. POSITIVES:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
B. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD TO FAIR BECAUSE OF THE VARIABILITY
IN RESOLUTION.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
S E C R E T
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