CABLE TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100060047-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: June 12, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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12 JUN 1964
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FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUCVAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEAHQ/DIA WASHDC
RUECYG/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUWBKN/15TH AF. MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC2417.
0UT53578
1964 JUN 11 20 58Z
15TH AF (FOR DI)q SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B 101 WAS USED IN MISSION 3910 FLOWN ON 9 JUNE 1964; r' a (File)
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: FOGGING, BELIEVED TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO A LIGHT
LEAK DURING PROCESSING, IS PRESENT IN FRAMES 521 AND 522. SEVERE
PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC AND DENDRITIC EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ALONG
BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM IN THE FIRST 30 FRAMES. THEN IT DECREASES
IN FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY GRADUALLY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF
THE MISSION. A MINUS DENSITY STREAK EXISTS 0.1" FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A FAINT PLUS DENSITY STREAK OCCURS
5.5" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE IN FRAMES 900 TO 1000. TRANSVERSE
STATIC, ABRASIONS, SCRATCHES, AND EMULSION DIGS ARE PRESENT IN
FRAMES 531 TO 533. THERE IS A MANUFACTURING SPLICE IN FRAME 533.
A PLUS DENSITY STREAK ALONG THE OUTBOARD MARGIN AND LONGITUDINAL
SCRATCHES 1.3" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM OCCUR IN FRAMES
1120 TO 1128 AND 1136 TO 1141. SEVERAL PLUS DENSITY DOTS ARE
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PRESENT IN FRAME 1128.
C. 9L SIDE: THERE ARE POST PROCESSING EMULSION DIGS IN THE
FAT THAT RECUR FREQUENTLY BETWEEN FRAMES 658 AND 1415 AFFECTING
APPROXIMATELY 440 FRAMES. THESE DIGS APPEAR AS CONTINUOUS SCRATCHES
AND ARE LOCATED BETWEEN 0.15" AND 0.60" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE.
THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INDUCED WHILE THE NEGATIVES WERE WET AND
PRIOR TO FIXATION. FRAMES 1309-1312 CONTAIN A POST PROCESSING
CREASE. A FINE PLUS DENSITY LINE 3.5" LONG AND 1.1" FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE, IS PRESENT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 25.0" THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
SIMILAR FINE PLUS DENSITY LINES APPEAR ELSEWHERE IN THE FORMAT LESS
FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A PLUS DENSITY AREA APPROXIMATELY
1.0" IN DIAMETER AND 1.75" FROM THE DATA CHAMBER APPEARS IN MOST
FRAMES. THIS FLARE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PREVIOUS EVALUATIONS AND
APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY A REFLECTION FROM A BRIGHT METAL IN THE
AREA OF THE DATA CHAMBER.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE FIRST FRAME AND PART OF THE SECOND FRAME
ARE FOGGED. MINOR PROCESSING STREAKS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION. THE TITLED FRAMES ARE NUMBERED 0000-1809.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. ALTHOUGH THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD THE DP'S ARE SLIGHTLY
MORE DENSE AND OF A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CONTRAST THAN NORMAL.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE 25-30 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
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