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-RDP78B04558A000700120035-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 35
• Content Type: CABLE

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Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
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FM CIA WASHDC
TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB
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S E C R E T CITE
15TH AF (FOR DI) ; SAC (FOR DIM, BRASS KNO
PART OF THE MISSION TO EXCESSIVE AT THE END. WHERE THE EXPOSURE
IS INADEQUATE FINE DETAIL CAN BE OBSERVED IN BOTH THE HIGH-
LIGHTS AND THE SHADOWS. WHERE THE EXPOSURE I S EXCESSIVE HIGH
LIGHT DETAILS ARE OBSCURED. THE GROSS FOG LEVEL INDICATES THAT
THE NEGATIVES RECEIVED FORCED DEVELOPMENT WHICH ENHANCED THE
UNDEREXPOSED AREAS BUT CONSIDERABLY DEGRADED THE OVEREXPOSED AREAS.
THE RESOLUTION IS VERY GOOD EXCEPT AT THE EXTREME ENDS OF THE
FORMAT. THE RESOLUTION IS POOR 0.5" FROM BOTH ENDS OF THE FORMAT
AND TRANSVERSE BARS OF VARYING WIDTH AND DENSITY EXTEND AS MUCH
AS 6.5" INTO THE FORMAT FROM THE TAKE UP EP:D. EXAMPLES CAN BE
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OCT ]963
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(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA 112A WAS USED IN MISSION 375(,-;,, FLOWN ON 13 OCTC2EP
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY EASTMAN KODAK.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE RANGES FROM INSUFFICIENT DURING THE FIRST
SEEN ON FRAMES 38, 62, 66 AND 1134. 1
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B. THE IMAGERY IS DEGRADED BY ANY CHANGE IN VEHICLE ATTITUDE.
FRAME 137 SHOWS DEGRADED IMAGERY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN A 20
DEGREE TURN.
C. BOTH EDGES OF THE NEGATIVE SHOW TRACES OF EDGE FOG NOT
ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE FORCED PROCESSING.
D. DIAGONAL STREAKS 0.1" WIDE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ALL CAMERA
OFF-ON POSITIONS. ON THE SECOND TO LAST FRAME BEFORE A CAI'"ERA
OFF THE DIAGONAL LINE STARTS AT THE UNTITLED EDGE AND TAPERS AWAY
FROM THE TAKE-UP END COVERING THE WIDTH OF THE FILM. ON THE
SECOND FRAME AFTER A CAMERA ON9 THE DIAGONAL LINE STARTS AT THE
UNTITLED EDGE AND TAPERS TOWARDS THE TAKE UP TERMINATING HALFWAY
THROUGH THE FORMAT.
E. THIS ANOMALIE CAN BE USED ADVANTAGEOUSLY TO DETERMINE OFF-
ON POSITIONS OVER UNFAMILIAR OR CLOUD COVERED TERRAIN.
F. THERE IS A REPETITIVE MINOR SCRATCH 0.2" FROM THE TAKE-
UP END AT THE TITLED EDGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MISSION.
G. VERY FINE SCRATCHES APPEAR RANDOMLY AND OCCUR ANY DISTANCE UP
TO 6.5" FROM THE TITLED EDGE (EXAMPLE: FRAMES 158-160, 1034-
1035).
H. RAIL SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT ON THE EMULSION ALONG BOTH
EDGES BUT DO NOT ENTER THE FORMAT.
I. CRESCENT SHAPED CINCH MARKS APPEAR RANDOMLY IN FRAMES
10, 49, 554, 5559 AND 1139.
J. THE EDGES (TITLED AND NON-TITLED) PARALLEL TO THE P"AJOR
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AXIS AND THE FIDUCIAL ARE NOT SHARP OR WELL DEFINED.
K. THERE ARE MINOR EMULSION DEFECTS (FRAMES 33, 148, 188,
189 AND 789); MINUS DENSITY COMETS (617, 634, 725, 746, 835, 999,
AND 1016) AND EVIDENCE OF STATIC DISCHARGES IN FRAMES 752
THROUGH 754.
L. THE LAST 18" OF FILM IS TOTALLY FOGGED.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS VERY GOOD EXCEPT WHERE UNDEREXPOSED,
OVEREXPOSED OR DEGRADED BY WEATHER. ALTHOUGH THERE IS 55-60
PERCENT OVERLAP IN EXPOSURES THE STEREO CAPABILITY IS CONSIDERED
POOR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT ANGULAR DISPLACMENT ALONG THE BASE LINE.
SOME DEGRADATION WAS OBSERVED IN CLOUD SHADOW AREAS.
B. CLOUDS COVERED LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 1140 FRAMES.
S E C R E T
(ABOVE MESSAGE WAS ALSO PASSED TO CIA WATCH (CGS))
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