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-RDP78B04549A000500050093-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 93
• Publication Date: January 31, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2007/01/24: CIA-RDP78BO45000500050093-0
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RUCIJRA/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUWBKNA/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUCVAAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
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INFO RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 2870.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (GLASS LAMP/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
AFRDR
1. CAMERA B-24 S UbLu ON MISSION G-009 FLOWN 25 FEBRUARY
1968. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
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2.
THENEXPOSUREI NEGATIVE:
A ADEQTUATE. RESOLUTION AT THE DATA BLOCK
.
END OF THE FORMAT IS LLSb ItAN NunritU. wnJLL. ~d%IJ L ~??. - -
NON-DATA BLOCK END IS BETTER THAN NORMAL. THE CENTER OF FOCUS r~APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH ALONG THE MAJOR ~y F-If . m
THE FRAME
.
AXIS OF THE FILM TOWARD THE NON-DATA BLOCK END OF
THIS CONDITION RENDERS IMAGERY IN THE DATA BLOCK/OUTBOARD CORN
OF THE FRAME DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET. RESOLUTION FOR THE REMAIN
OF THE FRAME IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: SEVERAL ROWS OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS ARE PRE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION, THEIR ORIENTATION IS AS FOLL
ROW 1, DOTS SPACED 1.7 INCHES APART, 0.8 INCH FROM INBOARD ED
ROW 2, DOTS SPACED 1.7 INCHES APART, 1.8 INCHES FROM INBOARD
EDGE; ROW 3, DOTS 1.7 INCHES APART, 3.05 INCHES FROM INBOARD
EDGE; ROW 4, DOTS SPACED 2.32 INCHES APART, 8.25 INCHES FROM
ALL DOTS TERMINATE BY FRAME 400. BOTH EDGES CON
RD EDGE
INBO
.
A
SLIGHT TRACES OF EDGE FOG INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSI .,
SLIGHT INBOARD AND OUTBOARD ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT THROUGH
AND LIFTS ASSOCIATED WI - --~
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NUMEROUS EMULSION
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PLUS DENSITY STREAKS APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH IN LENGTH IS LOCATE
ABOUT 2.5 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM BEGINNING
SPACING BETWEEN THE STREAKS IS THREE FEET THREE I
FRAME 1426
.
THEY VARY IN DENSITY FROM LIGHT TO QUITE DENSE AND ARE EVEN I"GEDIIN I `J
THE FRAME LINE BETWEEN FRAMES. THE CAUSE APPEARS TO BE A MINUTE,
LIGHT LEAK REFLECTING FROM AN IRREGULAR SHINY SURFACE ON TO THE A-,la ._-
FILM. THESE ARE INTERMITTENTLY PRESENT TO THE END OF THE MISSION. So, ?~ a
C. 9L SIDE: A WAVERING PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS PRESENT.
FROM FRAME 104 TO 134. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING. MINOR
STATIC IS NOTED ON BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM FOR THE FIRST THIRD
OF THE MISSION. STATIC IS MINIMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
MISSION. ALL DATA RECORDING WAS OPERATIONAL. THERE IS A HEAT
SPLICE IN FRAME 745 AND ONE BETWEEN FRAMES 780/781. A MANUFACTURING
SPLICE IS LOCATED IN FRAME 642.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 1516. MODE FIVE
WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO GOOD. THE AREA OF FAIR
SUITABILITY IS ALONG THE DATA BLOCK END OF THE FRAME.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF
THIS MISSION.
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