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-RDP78B04558A000700120008-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 8
• Content Type: CABLE

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15TH AF (FOR DI); SAC (FOR DIM, BRA B, DOCR, DM4) 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3770 FLOWN ON 8 NOVEMBER
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1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC. AC#
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD. Grace (le)
B. 9R SIDE: A TOTAL OF ONLY 44 FRAMES WAS RECEIVED. THE
JAGGED APPEARANCE OF THE LAST FRAME INDICATES THAT THE FILM PARTED
AT THAT POINT IN THE CAMERA. FRAMES 42-44 CONTAIN HEAVILY FOGGED
AREAS, APPARENTLY INDUCED DURING UNLOADING. INSPECTION OF THE
REMAINING FRAMES REVEALS THE FOLLOWING: FRAME 2 CONTAINS A CIRCULAR
PATTERN OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS, EACH APPROXIMATELY 0.50" IN DIAMETER.
MINUS DENSITY FLARES ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES 8, 26, 40. A LARGE
EMULSION LIFT (0.50" X 0.50") IS LOCATED 4.5" FROM THE DATA CHAMBER
AND 0.50" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE IN FRAME 40.
C. 9L SIDE: A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN THE FORMAT
OF FRAME 53. INBOARD EDGE FOG AND A BLISTER ARE ALSO NOTED IN THE
SAME FRAME. FRAMES 54-57 CONTAIN HEAVY OUTBOARD EDGE FOG. LARGE
DENDRITIC STATIC TRACES ARE PRESENT ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF
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FRAME 56. AN EMULSION LIFT AND SEVERAL PINHOLES ARE NOTED IN
FRAME 58. TWO ROWS OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT
FRAMES 000-133. ONE ROW IS LOCATED 0.30" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE
AND THE OTHER 4" INBOARD. IN BOTH ROWS THE DOTS ARE SPPACED 1.55"
APART. FRAME 814 CONTAINS A HEAT SPLICE IN THE FORMAT. AN
EMULSION DEFECT IS NOTED IN FRAME 1134. THE CAMERA POSITION
INDICATOR MALFUNCTIONED IN FRAME 210 AND REGISTERED THE 1R POSITION
INSTEAD OF A VERTICAL. THE CLOCK COUNTER FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY.
ALL SUBSEQUENT VERTICALS THEREFORE FALL ON TITLE FRAMES ENDING IN
THE DIGITS 4 AND 9. THERE ARE 2108 TITLED FRAMES.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE METERING IS SLIGHTLY ERRATIC. A REFLECTION
IS PRESENT ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGES OF THE FORMATS.
E. THERE WERE NO PROCESSING FAULTS NOTED EXCEPT FOR MINOR
PROCESSING STREAKS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY OF THE 9L SIDE IS GOOD. THE 9R SIDE
CANNOT BE CONSIDERED DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION NOTED IN ITEM 2 (B).
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUD COVER OBSCURES APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHY.
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