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

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S E C R E T CIT CIA-Z 839
0L115 1743
2 8 AUG 1963
Grace (File)
15TH AF (FOR DI); SAC (FOR DIM, BRASS , DOOR, DM 4), 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION 3700 FLOWN ON 24 AUGUST 1963;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: THERE IS A WIRE-LIKE OBSTRUCTION, ADJACENT TO
THE CLOCK, ON FRAME 1679. THERE IS AN OBSTRUCTION 0.05" X 0.2"
AT THE OUTBOARD EDGE, 1.0" TOWARD THE TAKE-UP END AS MEASURED
FROM THE FIDUCIAL NEAREST THE TAKE-UP END ON EACH FRAME THROUGH-
OUT THE MISSION. A HEAVY FOG IS PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES 2151 AND
2152, WHICH BLEEDS INTO THE IMAGE AREA OF EACH OF THESE FRAMES.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 2204 FRAMES ON THIS SIDE OF THE MISSION.
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Co 9L SIDE: FINE OUTBOARD EDGE FOG IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. FRAMES 556 AND 1028 HAVE IDENTICAL FOG PATCHES,
EACH BEING APPROXIMATELY 2" X 2" EX--ENDING INTO THE FORMAT FROM,
THE OUTBOARD EDGE, APPROXIMATELY 5-' ROM THE TRAILING END OF THE
FRAME. THE FILM METERING IS SLIGHTLY ERRATIC THROUGHOUT THE
FIRST PORTION OF THE MISSION AN-W:,--IS VERY ERRATIC THROUGHOUT THE
LAST 600 FRAMES. MISTRACKING BEGINS ON FRAME 1088 (TOWARD THE
OUTBOARD EDGE) IS INTERMITTENT AND B4ES PROGRESSIVELY WORSE
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION. SEVERE EMULSION SCRATCHES
PARALLEL TO AND NEAR THE OUTBOARD EDGE ARE NUMEROUS AFTER FRAME
1340. THE MOST PERSISTENT OF THESE SCRATCHES IS 0.1" FROM THE
OUTBOARD EDGE. NUMEROUS ASSORTED^` FUZZY, MINUS DENSITY STREAKS
EXTENDING INWARD, DIAGONALLY FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE ARE IN EVIDENCE
INTERMITTENTLY AFTER FRAME 1341. WHEN THESE STREAKS EXTEND OUT
OF THE IMAGE AREA THEY APPEAR AS A PLUS DENSITY STREAK. THE PROBABILITY
IS THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A PIECE: OF FOREIGN MATERIAL ACTING
AS AN OBSTRUCTION DURING EXPOSURE AND ALSO REFLECTING AN IMAGE ON
AN AREA WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNEXPOSED. ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
STREAKS ARE SEVERAL EMULSION SCRATCHES TRAILING FROM EACH STREAK.
FRAME 1677, THE LAST OF THE MISSION, IS HEAVILY FOGGED AND CUT IN
HALF. THIS AGENCY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT A CAMERA MALFUNCTION
DESTROYED ALL OF THE FILM BEYOND THIS POINT.
D. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
B. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR IMPAIR APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF
THIS MISSION.
S E C R E T
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