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

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CIA-RDP78B04558A001100090018-2
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RIFPUB
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2
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December 28, 2016
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November 20, 2007
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18
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Publication Date: 
September 23, 1964
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CABLE
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Approved For Release 2007/11/20: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01100090018-2 0 0UT5,11;"61 P 231942Z FM NPIC WASHDC TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB RUCVAA/40$0 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA RUCVAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA RUEAHQ/DIA WASHDC RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF RUWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA BT S E C R E T CITE NPIC 2970. 964 SEP 23 21 105 Z 15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI). 1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION 3948 FLOWN 21 SEPTEMBER 1964. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE AFB. 2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION? IS GOOD WHERE NOT DEGRADED BY ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND/OR VEHICLE MANEUVERS. B. 9R SIDE: SMALL EDGE STATIC DISCHARGES AND FINE EDGE FOG ARE PRESENT ON BOTH EDGES THROUGHOUT THE FILM. FRAMES 0000-1500 CONTAIN HEAVY INTERMITTENT DENDRITIC STATIC DISCHARGES ON THE INBOARD EDGE. THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF THESE DISCHARGES GRADUALLY DIMINISHES AS THE MISSION PROGRESSES. NO MORE THAN TWO DISCHARGES PER FRAME ARE NOTED IN ANY CASE AND MOST FRAMES CONTAIN SINGLE DISCHARGES. A FEW ISOLATED DENDRITIC STATIC TRACES ARE NOTED ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. THE MATERIAL CONTAINS AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED 1 Approved For Release 2007/11/20: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01100090018-2 Approved For Release 2007/11/20: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01100090018-2 ? ? BLISTERS AND FRAME 2397 IS SEVERELY DEGRADED BY NUMEROUS EMULSTION LIFTS. C. 9L SIDE: MINOR EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES THROUGHOUT THE FILM. ROLLER CHATTER APPEARS ALONG THE INBOARD SIDE FREQUENTLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION AND ONLY OC- CASIONALLY THEREAFTER. A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS SPACED 1.55" APART IS FOUND PARALLEL TO AND 0.95" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. CHEMICAL OR LACQUER RESIDUE IS PRESENT ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF FRAMES 893-899, CAUSING SMALL EMULSION LIFTS. MANUFACTURER'S SPLICES AND ASSOCIATED FOGGED AREAS NEAR THE OUTBOARD EDGE ARE LOCATED IN FRAMES 535 AND 1806. D. BOTH SIDES: IMAGE SMEARING IS NOTED IN AT LEAST 65 FRAMES BUT APPEARS TO COINCIDE WITH VEHICLE MANEUVERS. BOTH SIDES CONTAIN TITLED FRAMES 0000-2507. E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING ANOMALIES. 3. DUPLICATE POSITIVE: A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD. B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD. C. CLOUDS OBSCURE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE GROUND IMAGERY. S E C R E T 1 Approved For Release 2007/11/20: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01100090018-2