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-RDP78B04549A000600030040-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: March 19, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUCLFGA/OL 19 100SRW MCCOY AFB FLA
RUEPJS/DIA WASHDC
RUCIJRA/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUWBKNA/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUEFHQA/HQS USAF/AFRDR
INFO RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3269.
15TH AF (FOR DI) : SAC (FOR GLASS LAMP, DOCR, DM4)
AFRDR (ATTN
1. CAMERA B-24 WAS USED ON MISSION G-018 FLOWN ON 15
MARCH 1968. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV. RECON. TECH.
SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE DENSITY IS SLIGHTLY THIN THROUGHOUT THE MISSION
THE PROCESSING FACILITY REPORTED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE, UNTIL
VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FILM DURING PROCESSING WAS PERFORMED,
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THAT THIS MISSION EMPLOYED FILM TYPE 3400 IN PLACE OF THE
CUSTOMARY 3401. 9R FRAMES 072P THRU 0838 AND 9L FRAMES 0001 TH
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0185 PLUS 0616 THRU 0924 WERE THEREFORE PROCESSED AT THE NORMA
3401 SPECIFICATIONS AND AS A RESULT, ARE OF THINNER DENSITY TH
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THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERLY PROCESSED MATERIAL. THE QUALITY OF
THE IMAGERY SUFFERS SLIGHTLY FROM UNDER-EXPOSURE AND HAS A SOFT Advance Copy
CONDITION POSSIBLY DUE TO HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION OR A SLIGHT Sanitized
OUT-OF-FOCUS CONDITION. RESOLUTION VARIES FROM FAIR TO POOR WithText
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE RESOLUTION AT THE DATA BLOCK END
OF ALL FORMATS IS BETTER THAN THE NON-DATA BLOCK END AS HAS 0
BEEN THE CASE IN PREVIOUS MISSIONS.
B. 9R SIDE: FRAME 1492 CONTAINS A 0.2 INCH EMULSION
SCRATCH. A HEAT SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 722. FRAME 838
CONTAINS BOTH A HEAT SPLICE AND A MYLAR TAPE REPAIRED TEAR.
C. 9L SIDE: FRAMES 277, 278, AND 279 CONTAIN AN INTERMITTENT
STREAK OF FOREIGN MATTER ALONG A LINE 2.75 INCHES FROM THE
INBOARD EDGE. FRAME 386 ALSO CONTANS TWO 0.75 INCH LONG STREAKS
OF FOREIGN MATTER 1.8 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. A HEAT SPLICE
AND TEAR REPAIRED WITH MYLAR TAPE ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES 185 AND
924. FRAMES 184 AND 185 CONTAIN HANDLING MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH
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THE HEAT SPLICE. OTHER HEAT SPLICES ARE PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES
71/72, AND 615/616.
D. BOTH SIDES: PLUS DENSITY OVALS ASSOCIATED WITH ROLLER
CHATTER ARE PRESENT ALONG THE INBOARD EDGES THROUGHOUT. A FAINT
FOGGED AREA IN THE VICINITY OF THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR IS
PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. TITLED FRAME 1490 WHICH
CORRESPONDS TO DATA CHAMBER FRAME 1490 CONTAINS NO EXPOSURE. ON
THE NEXT FRAME (TITLED 1491) THE DATA CHAMBER ALSO RECORDED 1490 AS
THE FRAME NUMBER. THIS ANOMALY IS PRESUMED DUE TO CAMERA
SHUTDOWN IN FRAME 1493, WHICH WAS THE LAST TITLED FRAME OF THE
MISSION.
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3. POSITIVES:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
B. P.I. SUITABILITY IS FAIR-TO-POOR DUE TO THE UNDER-
EXPOSURE OF THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE AND QUALITY LOSS DUE TO
VIBRATION AND/OR A SOFT FOCUS CONDITION.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 15 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL
MISSION.
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