CABLE TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM NPIC WASHDC

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December 28, 2016
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Approved For Release 2008/02/04: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000900040081-0 0 Declassification Review by NGA/DoD P 172108Z FM NPIC WASHDC ft'tsz~f t.mi k TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA RUCVAA/4080_STRAT WG OL 19 BAR y ...,E .;F RUEKDA/DIA WASHDC RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEW SUITLAN M D RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF RUWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA BT S E C R E T CITE NPIC 4767. ? OUT55977 1965 JUN 17 22 0 2 Z COPIE RECEIVED 15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCK, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR 1. CAMERA B 101 WAS USED IN MIS`ON 8023 FLOWN ON 15 JUNE 1965 PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN. 2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: A. EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND RESOLUTION IS GOOD. B. 9R SIDE: THE POSITION INDICATOR LAMP WAS INOPERATIVE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE IS A WAVERING, LONGITUDINAL PLUS DENSITY STREAK WHICH APPEARS INTERMITTENTLY 3.0" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THE FRAMES CONTAINING IMAGERY. THE STREAK CANNOT BE DETECTED AFTER 'FRAME 1,799 (THE LAST FRAME CONTAINING IMAGERY). BECAUSE THERE IS NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE FILM IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STREAK, IT IS NOT A SUSPECTED CAUSE OF THE SHUTTER MALFUNCTION. THE REASON IT IS NOT APPARENT ON THE FRAMES WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN IMAGERY IS THAT THE DENSITY OF THE STREAK IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO FORM AN IMAGE WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF ADDITIONAL DENSITY. ROLLER CHATTER IS MINOR AND INTER- MITTENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION INCLUDING THE FRAMES NOT CONTAINING TERRAIN IMAGERY. OUTBOARD EDGE FOG IS CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE IS A MANUFACTURING SPLICE ON FRAME 672. C. 9L SIDE: THERE ARE SEVERAL ROWS OF ~'[AD[T Approved For Release 2008/02/04: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000900040081-0 Cy No.~ CcD I) . ~rD t PD ~_-_- PSI)-ICB SROU4 11 1 Eufudtd from sutMtlc downgrading' ad dectassitica?taa Approved For Release 2008/02/04: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000900040081-0 PLUS DENSITY LINES PARALLEL TO THE M MR AXIS STARTING ON FRAME 27 AND CONTINUING INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT FRAME 1799. THERE IS A ROW OF PLUS DENSITY DOTS PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE START- ING ON FRAME 21 THROUGH 115. ROLLER C:HA"ER IS PRESENT ON THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT FRAME 1799. TRO-E ARE HEAT SPLICES BETWEEN FRAMES 15 AND 16, 243 AND 244, AND IN FRAME 115 AND 1297. THERE IS ALSO A MANUFACTURING SPLIDE"IN FRAME 791. D. BOTH SIDES: THE SHUTTER FAILED TO OPEN AFTER FRAME 1799 AND THERE ARE NO EXPOSURES THEREAFTER: FILM METERING, HOWEVER, CONTINUED AND THE DATA CHAMBER AND VERTICAL INDICATOR LAMP IS IMAGED IN THE APPROPRIATE SPACES. THE LAST CLOCK COUNTER NU14BER IS 2561 ON BOTH SIDES. 3. POSITIVE: A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD. B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING IS GOOD. C. CLOUD COVER IS APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT. S E C R E T /END OF MESSAGE/ Approved For Release 2008/02/04: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000900040081-0