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-RDP78B04558A000700110125-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 125
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB
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RUCVAG/4080 STRAT WG, OL 19, BARKSDALE AF3, LA
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S E C R E T CITE CIA-Z-779
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FOR DI, BRASS KNOB9 DOCR, DM 4, DIM, SAC HQS, OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3672 FLOWN ON 23 JULY 1963;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS INADEQUATE FOR THE FIRST THIRD OF THE
MISSION. THE DATA SHEET INDICATES THAT THE EXPOSURE WAS NORMAL,
1/ 150 OF A SECOND AT F 16v THE DATA CHAMBER CLOCK INDICATES THAT
THE TIME OF PHOTOGRAPHY, WAS SIMILAR TO OTHER BRASS KNOB MISSIONS
AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY ITSELF INDICATES THAT THE AREA WAS RELATIVELY
CLOUD FREE. THIS UNDEREXPOSED CONDITION IS THEREFORE ATTRIBUTED
TO EITHER AN IMPERCEPTIBLE GROUND HAZE OR EXTREMELY WET TERRAIN.
WHERE THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE THE RESOLUTION WAS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: TRANSVERSE BARS OF VARYING DENSITY AND WIDTH
DEGRADE THE PHOTOGRAPHY INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
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T , BARS INCREASE IN WIDTH FROM 0.-" TO 0.2" AND ARE MOST EVIDENT
ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE. THERE IS AEAR IN FRAME 0678.
2.35" APART ALONG THE OUTBOARD EFEBUT ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY SPACED
IN FRAMES 1470 THROUGH 2300. PLUS DENSITY SPOTS APPEAR 0.75"
,FROM EACH EDGE THROUGHOUT THE FIRST 1066 FRAMES. THESE SPOTS ARE
C. 9L SIDE: A PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS LOCATED 3.4" FROM THE
THE MISSION.
CAMERA PRESSUE ROLLER WERE RECURRENT TO A MINOR DEGREE THROUGHOUT
BALANCE OF THE MISSION. PLUS DENSITY AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
IN FRAMES 1370 THROUGH 1463 AND INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
OF VARYING DENSITY AS DESCRIBED IN. PARAGRAPH B ABOVE WERE NOTED
STREAK APPEARS IN FRAME 2129 AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRAME 2194
APPROXIMATELY 1.0" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. THE TRANSVERSE BARS
OUTBOARD EDGE IN FRAMES 1925 AND 1927. ANOTHER PLUS DENSITY
D. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY FOR THE FIRST THIRD OF THE MISSION
WAS VERY POOR BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUATE EXPOSURE. WHERE THE
EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE THE SUITABILITY WAS GOOD. THE PRINTS WERE OF
GOOD QUALITY.
B. CLOUDS COVERED APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
S E C R E T
ANOMALIES.
END OF MESSAGE
(ABOVE MESSAGE ALSO PASSED TO CIA WATCH ASP/RR)
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