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-RDP78B04558A001000040149-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 149
• Publication Date: November 8, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUC SAE OFFUTT AFS OMAHA NEB
RUCVAA/4080 STRAT WG BL 19 BARKSDALE AYE LA
UCV /2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
R8 A/DIA WASHDC
R.UCYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
'ItRUEPIA/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 NPIC5839.
0UT57100
1965 NOV 8 23 05 Z
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B 23 WAS USED IN MISSION 8053 FLOWN ON 6 NOVEMBER
1965. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
HOWEVER, MOST IMAGERY EXPOSED IN THE IL POSITION IS DEGRADED POSSIBLY
BY THE EFFECTS OF VIBRATIONS. THE DEGREE OF DEGRATION IS VARIABLE NOV 9 1965
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AND WHILE IT IS USUALLY NOT SEVERE IT IS THE LIMITING RESOLUTI Ice Action
B. 9R SIDE: FOG DUE TO STATIC DISCHARGES IS CONTINUOUS
ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. ROLLER CHATTER CAUSED MI
FOG TRACES AT THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. FINE P
DENSITY LINES PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM ARE PRESE
RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE DENSITY DIFFERENCE INTRO
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SEC BR
P&DS
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BY THESE LINES IS VERY MINOR AND THERE IS LITTLE DEGRATION TO TIHE--
IMAGERY. WAVERING PLUS DENSITY STREAKS APPROXIMATELY 0.1" WIDE
APPEAR INTERMITTENTLY NEAR THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM.
C. 9L SIDE: EDGE FOG AND ROLLER CHATTER IS CONTINUOUS AL
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34TH FILM EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE ARE 6 SUBTLE MINUS
DENSITY STREAKS PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. THE STREAKS ARE 1.0" APART WITH THE FIRST BEING 1.0"
FROM THE OUTBOARD FILM EDGE. THERE IS A SERIES OF SHORT PLUS
DENSITY DASHES 4.2" FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE ON
THE :AST 50 FRAMES OF THE MISSION.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE DOT IN THE OUTBOARD FILM BORDER WHICH
INDICATES THE VERTICAL CAMERA POSITION IS BLOOMED ON EACH OCCURRENCE
ON BOTH HALVES. THE LAST FEW FRAMES OF BOTH SIDES ARE PARTIALLY
FOGGED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CAMERA DEFILMING. PINHOLES AND BLISTERS
ARE MINOR AND INTERMITTENT THROUGHOUT. THE FIRST TITLE NUMBER ON
EACH SIDE IS 0001 AND THE LAST IS 0612.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING IS GOOD.
Be THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD WHERE WEATHER PERMITS.
Co CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT OF THE
MISSION.
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S E C R E T
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