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

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100080037-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: August 13, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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1964 AUG 13 22 29)1UT5J`
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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
RUECYH/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 NPIC 2753.
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15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B 15 WAS EMPLOYED IN MISSION 3934 FLOWN ON 11 AUGUST
1964. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE.
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC (CHATTER) ALONG THE
OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM IS PRESENT ON APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 700
FRAMES. A CONTINUOUS PLUS DENSITY STREAK OCCURS 3.28" FROM AND
ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. THE ENTIRE MISSION
CONTAINED INTERMITTENT DENDR IT IC STATIC DISCHARGES ALONG THE INBOARD
EDGE OF THE FILM. INTERMITTENT OUTBOARD EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT
THROUGHOUT. THE FIRST 330 FRAMES CONTAIN A WAVERING PLUS DENSITY
STREAK, POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE PRESSURE
ROLLER. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 366. THREE
OF ELEVEN BREAK DOWN PARTS ON THIS SIDE WERE RECEIVED TAILS OUT.
A PLUS DENSITY STREAK AND ASSOCIATED STATIC DISCHARGES RESULT FROM
A CREASE BEGINNING AT THE INBOARD EDGE OF FRAME 678 AND CONTINUES
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THROUGH 2.2" OF THE FORMAT ON FRAME 676. A CRIMP IS ALSO NOTED
ON FRAME 676. AN OPAQUE HEAT SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 690.
C. 9L SIDE: INTERMITTENT EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ALONG THE
INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT. THE FIRST 402 FRAMES AND THE
LAST 128 FRAMES CONTAIN A WAVERING PLUS DENSITY STREAK, POSSIBLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE PRESSURE ROLLER. A PLUS
DENSITY SPOT, RESEMBLING AN EYELASH, 2.98" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE
OF THE FILM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THESE ARE ON FRAMES 100, 105, 109,547, 618,633 AND
751. GROUPS OF TEAR SHAPED PLUS DENSITY STREAKS, WITH THE TAILS IN
THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPLY END, ARE NOTED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE
FORMATS ON FRAMES 17 THROUGH 21 AND FRAME 23. TITLING INK WAS
TRANSFERED ALONG THE TITLED EDGE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION WITH BREAK-DOWN PART FIVE BEING THE MOST SERIOUS. A HEAT
SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 1011 AND BETWEEN FRAMES 531/532. A
SHORT, IRREGULAR PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS NOTED IN FRAME 1128.
A PLUS DENSITY STREAK AND ASSOCIATED STATIC DISCHARGES RESULT
FROM CREASES ON FRAMES 1311, 1312, 1361, 1363, 1364,1389 AND 1390.
TWO BANDS OF ABRASIONS, 14.5" LONG AND 0.55" WIDE APPEAR ON FRAMES
359/360 AND 360/361. BASE SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT ALONG THE INBOARD
EDGE OF THE FILM ON FRAMES 868 THROUGH 873. BREAK DOWN PART SEVEN
OF THIS SIDE WAS RECEIVED TAILS OUT.
D. BOTH SIDES: PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC (CHATTER) IS PRESENT
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ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM THHROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
BOTH FILM EDGES CONTAIN INTERMITTENT EDGE FOG THROUGHOUT. INTER-
MITTENT EDGE STATIC OCCURS ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM
FROM HEAD TO TAIL OF THE MISSION. IMAGE MOTION IS EVIDENT IN
FRAMES 65, 154, 458, 589, 920, 1041, 1130, 1228, 1229, 1230 AND
1256. THE SMEARING APPEARS TO BE ROLL-ORIENTED AND IS POSSIBLY
RELATED TO NECESSARY VEHICLE MANEUVERS. FRAMES ARE TITLED CONSECU-
TIVELY FROM 001 THROUGH 1391.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVES:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT OF
THIS MISSION.
SEC R E T
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