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-RDP78B04558A000700130014-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 14
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T
DEC 1963
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(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3798 FLOWN ON 18 DECEMBER
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
Grace (File)
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: THERE IS A LIGHT LEAK IN THE SYSTEM THAT
AFFECTS ALL OF THE FRAMES FROM THE 9R SIDE. THE LIGHT LEAK CAUSES
A CONTINUOUS PLUS DENSITY STREAK 0.3" WIDE AND 2.0" FROM AND
PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF EVERY FRAME. THE STREAK IS WELL
DEFINED EXCEPT AT THE TAKE-UP EDGE OF EACH FRAME WHERE THERE IS
A FLARED AREA. THE TRAILING HALF OF THE 2L FRAME AND THE LEADING
HALF OF THE 1R FRAME ARE PROTECTED FROM THE LIGHT LEAK BY CAMERA
EQUIPMENT.
THE METERING IS SLIGHTLY ERRATIC BETWEEN FRAMES 140 AND 240.
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN FRAMES VARIES FROM 0.25" TO 0.61". HEAT
SPLICES ARE NOTED IN FRAME 371 AND BETWEEN FRAMES 536/537.
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C. 9L SIDE: THERE ARE HANDLING MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT
SPLICES ON FRAMES 316 AND 788. BEGINNING AT THE HEAT SPLICE ON
FRAME 316 THERE ARE SMALL EMULSION GOUGES ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS.
THE FIRST IS 3.3" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE AND THEY APPEAR INTER-
MITTENTLY AND GRADUALLY NEARER THE OUTBOARD EDGE THROUGH FRAME
575 WHERE THEY DISAPPEAR OFF THE OUTBOARD EDGE. OTHER SMALL
EMULSION GOUGES ARE RANDOM, MINOR, AND INTERMITTENT THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION.
D. BOTH SIDES: THERE ARE 1295 TITLED FRAMES ON EACH SIDE
OF THE MISSION.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING ANOMALIES.
F. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CAMERA BE INSPECTED TO
DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT LEAK.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
B. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD EXCEPT IN THE FOGGED AREA OF
THE 9R SIDE.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 65 PER CENT
OF THE MISSION. SCP-1.
S E C R E T
(ALSO PASSED TO CIA WATCH (CGS))
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