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-RDP78B04549A000500050059-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: February 7, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2007/01/24: CIA-RDP78BO4549AO005000300
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 2929.
15TH AF (FOR DI). SAC SS LAMP/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI),
AFRDR 25X1
FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B-18 WAS USED ON MISSION G-011 FLOWN 2 FEBRUARY
1968. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV. RECON. TECH. SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. DENSITY IS GOOD THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE IN RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE IL 'S AND IRS,
THE FORMER HAVING BETTER RESOLUTION OVER THE WHOLE FORMAT. C,
THE RESOLUTION RANGES FROM 'FA'IR TO GOOD.
Be 9R SIDE: A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS APPEARED IN
ALL FORMATS 3.5 INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FORMAT A
1.7 INCHES APART. FRAMES 761 AND 1369 CONTAIN MANUFACTURERS
SPLICES; FRAME 881 CONTAINS A HEAT SPLICE. A 0.5 INCH WIDE
PLUS DENSITY LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE FORMAT IS PRESENT IN FRA E '~ __
41. AN 0.1 INCH WIDE AREA OF FOG EXTENDS ACROSS FRAME 1371 AT
THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAME. THE 0.5 INCH MARGIN (OUTBOARD EDGE)
OF FRAMES 1076 THROUGH 1079 ARE EXTENSIVELY FOGGED.
Co 9L SIDE: MINUS DENSITY DOTS ARE PRESENT IN ALL FOR
ALTHOUGH THEY APPEAR TO BE RANDOM ACROSS THE FORMAT, THEY ARE
EQUALLY SPACED ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM. WAVERING PLUS
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_ DENSITY LINES ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION
. FRAME 002 CONTAINS A FOG STREAK EXTENDING 8.0 INCHES ACROSS
THE FORMAT (6.0 INCHES FROM THE DATA BLOCK END OF FORMAT). A
PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS PRESENT ACROSS FRAME 910 (2.5 INCHES
FROM THE NON-DATA BLOCK END OF FORMAT). APPROXIMATELY THE LAST T_
489 FRAMES CONTAIN SEVERAL STRAIGHT PLUS DENSITY LINES ALONG T
MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM. A MINOR EMULSION DEFECT IS PRESENT 4.0
INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND 6.0 INCHES FROM THE DATA BLOC
END OF FRAME 1407. FRAMES 910 AND 911 CONTAIN HANDLING MARKS. Adv:ccCap}
FAINT IMAGES OF POSITION INDICATORS ARE PRESENT IN THE DATA BLOCK San1.zed
IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERLY EXPOSED INDICATOR. FRAME 94 CONTAINS With Text
A MANUFACTURERS SPLICE; FRAME 911 CONTAINS A HEAT. SPLICE.
D. BOTH SIDES: FRAMES 509, 915, AND 1524 APPEAR SMEARED 4
DUE TO VEHICLE MANEUVERING. A MINOR AREA OF FOG LOCATED NEAR
THE VERTICAL INDICATOR DOT IS PRESENT IN ALL FORMATS. EDGE STATIC
AND ROLLER CHATTER ARE PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES OF BOTH SIDES.
FRAME 1682 IS A 3R. MODE 5 WAS USED THROUGHOUT. THE LAST TITLED
FRAME IS 1684. THE COUNTER SKIPPED FRAME NUMBER 1682.
3. POSITIVES:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
Be P.I..SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO GOOD DUE TO VARIABILITY
IN RESOLUTION.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
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