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-RDP78B04549A000800010019-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: July 22, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

P 221322Z JUL 68
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB''`
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 4245.
SAC FOR DIR, DOSR, DISD; 15TH AF FOR DI DO; 100TH SRW FOR
CO, DCOI; HQ USAF FOR AFRDRI
FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
SUBJECT:- EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-033
1. QUALITY SUMMARY: THIS MISSION PROVIDES MORE FRAMES OF GO
(G-032) ; HOWEVER, THE SAME. IMAGE DISTURBANCE (VEHICL0 VIDRATILN) REPRO
WHICH HAS BEEN APPARENT ON THE LAST FEW GL MISSIONS IS PRESENT N_- __
QUALITY 1MAU J Y THAN THE. LAt1 11`ab1UN ANFLUTINU uIViI NYUI'ID411 u-iq1'RD
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THIS MISSION. THE DEGREE OF DEGRADATION VARIES FROM ONE FRAME
THE NEXT BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PARTICUL
CAMERA POSITION. THE GROUND RESOLUTION AND INTERPRETATION SUIT
BILITY RANGES FROM POOR TO GOOD. CLOUD COVER OBSCURES APPROXIM
15w PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE MISSION.
2. MISSION DATA:
A.' THE STANDARD "B- 'CONFIGURATION CAMERA, UNIT NUMBER 18
WAS USED IN MISSION G-033, FLOWN ON 17 JULY 1968. THIS WAS AN
OPERATIONAL MISSION USING THE U-2 AIRCRAFT. MODE V WAS USED T
OUT THE MISSION.
B. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE NAV RECON TECH
SUPPCEN. THE FILM TYPE, EXPOSURE, AND PROCESSING INFORMATION
RECEIVED AT THIS FACILITY.
3. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. EXPOSURE: THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION.
B.. DENSITY AND CONTRAST: GENERALLY MEDIUM AND ADEQUATE
FOR INTERPRETATION PURPOSES.
C. IMAGED DEGRADATIONS:
(1) BOTH SIDES: INBOARD AND OUTBOARD ROLLER CHATTER
IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. PLUS
DENSITY FOG, ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR
IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE
IMAGERY IN FRAMES 001, 1265, AND 1826, IS SMEARED POSSIBLY
DUE TO VEHICLE MANUVERS.
(2) 9L SIDE: A LIGHT LEAK-INDUCED FOG PATTERN,
APPROXIMATELY 4.0 INCHES.IN LENGTH, EXTENDS INTO THE FOR-
MAT FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF FRAME 002.
D. PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS:
(1) 9L SIDE: PINHOLES ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY
ON FRAMES 1201 THROUGH 1500. HEAT SPLICES ARE LOCATED
BETWEEN FRAMES 306/307, 310/311, 329/330, AND IN FRAME 971.
(2) 9R SIDE: MINOR EMULSION SCRATCHES, APPROXIMATELY
2.0 INCHES FROM THE TITLED EDGE AND 3.5 TO 6.5 INCHES
APART, ARE PRESENT INTERMITT,NTLY.IN FRAMES 900-2o08.
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MINOR tPINHOLES ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION. A HEAT SPLICE IS LOCATED IN FRAME 897. THERE IS
A MANUFACTUREK'S SPLICE IN FRAME 261:
E. AUXILIARY DATA: ALL AUXILIARY DATA SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED
PROPERLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
F. OTHER: THE LAST TITLED FRAiIE Off' BOTH SIDES IS 2008.
THE LAST FRAME CONTAINS OVERLAPS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
CAMERA OFF FUNCTION.
3. POSITIVES:
A. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
B. TWO COPIES OF THE SIXTH CAN OF FILM FROM THE LEFT
SIDE WERE RECEIVED. THE SIXTH CAN OF THE RIGHT SIDE WAS
MISSING.
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