CABLE TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM CIA WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700110016-6
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 16
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB
RUCVAB/4080 STRAT WG, OL 19, BARKSDALE i FB, LA
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RUECYG/NAVY PIC
RUWBKG/15TH AF, MARCH AFB, RIVERSIDE, CALIF
RUWGAA/2D RTS, BARKSDALE AFB, LA
RUWGAA/2AF, BARKSDALE AFB, LA
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18 SEP 1963
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S E C R E T CITE CIA-Z-890
15TH AF (FOR DI); SAC (FOR DIM, BRASS KNOB9 DOCR, DM 4), 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B-11 WAS USED IN MISSION 3722 FLOWN ON 15 SEPTEMBER
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: BEGINNING WITH A HEAT SPLICE ON FRAME 1451, AND
RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MISSION, THERE ARE
MANY FINE, LONGITUDINAL PLUS DENSITY PROCESSING STREAKS. ON FRAME
1873 THERE IS ONE PLUS DENSITY DOT SIMILAR TO THOSE DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH 1C, BUT 2.7" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. KNIFE EDGE FOG
OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT.
C. 9L SIDE: A SERIES OF PLUS DENSITY SPOTS, BELIEVED TO BE
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CAUSED BY STATIC ELECTRICITY, RUNS pTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THIS SIDE.
IT IS ALWAYS LOCATED 3.7" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND THE SPACING BETWEEN
DOTS VARIES FROM SEVERAL FEET TO PARTS OF AN INCH. BEGINNING WITH
A HEAT SPLICE ON FRAME 1597, THERE ARE MANY FINE, LONGITUDINAL PLUS
DENSITY PROCESSING STREAKS, WHICH*UN THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE
MISSION.
D. BOTH SIDES: A TOTAL OF 51 FRAMES ARE COMPLETELY BLANK
BECAUSE OF AN INTERMITTENT CAMERA MALFUNCTION. THE LATTER HALF OF
THE MISSION, ON BOTH SIDES, IS ADVERSELY EFFECTED BY THE PROCESSING
STREAKS MENTIONED ABOVE. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 2334 TITLED FRAMES.
E. THE SHUTTER FAILED TO OPEN ON FRAME 821, THEN MALFUNCTIONED
51 TIMES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION. NO PATTERN COULD BE
ESTABLISHED; THAT IS, THE FAILURE TO OPERATE CORRECTLY WAS NOT
RESTRICTED TO ANY ONE CAMERA POSITION, DISTANCE BETWEEN MALFUNCTIONS,
OR SPECTIFIC PART OF THE MISSION.
2. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD, WHERE NOT INHIBITED BY CAMERA
PROBLEMS.
B. THE CLOUD COVER WAS 15 PER CENT.
S E C R E T
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