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

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700130039-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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15TH AF (FOR DI) , SAC (FOR DIM, GOLD REE, DOCK, DM 4) 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
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1. CAMERA C 119 WAS USED IN MISSION 3788 FLOWN ON 8 DECEMBER
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE. EXCEPT FOR AN OCCASIONAL FAIR
PHOTOGRAPH, THE RESOLUTION IS POOR. PART OF THE POOR QUALITY CAN
BE ATTRIBUTED AT ADVERSE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND THE EXPECTABLE
DROP OFF TOWARDS THE CORNERS. HOWEVER, IN A FEW INSTANCES THE
RESOLUTION VARIED IN TWO SUCCESSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAME AREA
TAKEN ONLY SECONDS APART.
Be 9R SIDE: ELONGATED MINUS DENSITY DOTS 1.2" FROM THE
INBOARD EDGE ARE PRESENT ON FRAMES 123 TO 131; 506 TO 507 AND
514 TO 517. MINUS DENSITY DOTS 1.8" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE APPEAR
ON FRAMES 5 TO 7. FRAMES 545 AND 1192 CONTAIN HEAT SPLICES.
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EDGE FOG IS PRESENT ON BOTH EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. DATA
BLOCK CAMERA NUMBER IS ILLEGIBLE TO UNDEREXPOSURE.
C. 9L SIDE: A SERIES OF PLUS DENSITY DOTS, PROBABLY CAUSED
BY STATIC ELECTRICITY, ARE PRESENT FROM FRAMES 315 TO 743. THESE
SERIES OCCUR 1.2", 3.2" 4.9", 6.4", AND 9.0" FROM THE OUTBOARD
EDGE, THE FIRST BEING THE MOST CONSTANT. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE DOTS IN ANY OF THE SERIES: VARIES FROM 0.5" TO 2.5".
INTERSPACED BETWEEN THESE DOTS IS Af OCCASIONAL CRESCENT-SHAPED
STATIC DISCHARGE LOCATED 3.1" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. THERE IS
SLIGHT INBOARD EDGE STATIC THROUGHOUT, AND ROLLER CHATTER IS FOUND
ON INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGES OF THE FIRST 400 FRAMES.
D. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 1749 TITLED FRAMES ON EACH SIDE.
E. OTHER THAN THE RESOLUTION PROBLEM THERE ARE NO MAJOR
CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING ANOMALIES.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO POOR DUE TO POOR RESOLUTION.
B. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING OF THE POSITIVES ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS COVERED 65 PER CENT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY. SCP-1.
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