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

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S E C R E T CITE IA-Z 872
15TH AF (FOR DI); SAC (FOR DIM, BRASS KNOB9 DOCR, DM 4), 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 7 WAS USED IN MISSION 3712 FLOWN ON 5 SEPTEMBER
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE; THE RESOLUTION FAIR TO GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: FRAMES 2186, 2187, 2188 CONTAIN MANY DESEN-
SITIZED CHEMICAL STAINS ALONG THE OUTBOARD QUARTER OF THE FOR-
MATS. A WAVY MINUS DENSITY STREAK, A COMET-SHAPED MINUS
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C. 9L SIDE: THERE ARE MINUS D SITY SPOTS, SPACED 1.55"
APART AND LOCATED 1.4" FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MISSION.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE ENTIRE TAKE IS CHARACTERIZED BY A
GENERAL SOFTNESS (SLIGHT FUZZINESS) WHICH WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY
418, 783, AND 2409 RESPECTIVELY.
DENSITY AREA, AND A SMALL EMULSION LIFT E NOTED ON FRAMES
GROUND HAZE. THE METERING IS ERRATIC, WITH ADJACENT FORMATS
ALMOST TOUCHING EACH OTHER FOR THE FIRST. FIFTY FRAMES, THEN
SLIGHTLY ERRATIC FOR THE REMAINDER OF T$ MISSION. THERE IS A
DROP-OFF IN ACUITY TOWARD THE UPPER OUTBOARD CORNER OF EVERY
FORMAT, WHICH IS A CHARACTERISTIC.OF CAMERA B 7. THE DATA
CHAMBER COUNTER WAS SET ON 100 FO1 'THE FIRST EXPOSURE. LASTLY,
THERE ARE MINOR PROCESSING STREAKS THROUGHOUT. THE TOTAL NUM-
BER OF TITLED FRAMES IS 2459.
E. OTHER THAN THE DROP-OFF IN ACUITY IN THE UPPER
OUTBOARD CORNER, AND THE ERRATIC METERING EARLY IN THE MISSION,
THE CAMERA OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. THERE WERE NO MAJOR.PRO-
CESSING PROBLEMS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY WAS FAIR TO GOOD. THE POSITIVES
ARE SLIGHTLY DENSE, WHICH MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAZE
CONDITIONS.
B. CLOUDS OBSCURE 30 PERCENT OF THE TAKE.
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