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-RDP78B04558A001100090053-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: September 4, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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3 SEP 19
P 042026Z
FM NPIC WASHDC
OUT 54035
1964 SEP 4 21 15Z
TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
R UCVAA /4 080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEAHQ/DIA WASHDC
RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUVBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
BT
S E C R E T CITE NPIC 2867.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B-101 WAS USED IN MISSION 3941 FLOWN 2 SEPTEMBER
1964. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
RFS
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD
EXCEPT IN THE OUTBOARD CORNERS OF THE FORMAT AND WHERE DEGRADED
BY IMAGE SMEAR (SEE ITEM D).
Be 9R SIDE: TWO ROWS OF MINUS DENSITY SPOTS PARALLEL TO AND 1.30" AND 1.50" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM, RES-
PECTIVELY, ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MATERIAL. THE SPOT-TO- Grace (File
SPOT SPACING IS 2.30". FRAMES 001-798 CONTAIN ROLLER INDUCED
STATIC DISCHARGES ALONG BOTH EDGES. THE INBOARD EDGE ALSO CONTAINS
SMALL EDGE STATIC DISCHARGES. A NUMBER OF PLUS DENSITY STREAKS
ARE PRESENT AT RANDOM ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE IN FRAMES 1996-
2128. A CONTINUOUS PLUS DENSITY STREAK PARALLEL TO AND 1.20"
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FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM IS PRESENT IN FRAMES 2232-
2355. SMALL ELONGATED STATIC DISCHARGES, SPACED 0.60" APART,
ARE NOTED ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF FRAMES 2235-2355.
Co 9L SIDE: MINOR EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES
OF THE FILM. ROLLER CHATTER IS FOUND INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE
INBOARD EDGE IN THE BEGINNING GRADUALLY MOVING TOWARD THE CENTER
AS THE MISSION PROGRESSES. SHORT FINE PLUS DENSITY STREAKS PARAL-
LEL TO AND CLOSE TO THE INBOARD EDGE APPEAR IN GROUPS APPROX-
IMATELY EVERY 1.6" FROM FRAME 1744 TO THE END. RANDOM PLUS
DENSITY STREAKS WERE NOTED INTERMITTENTLY FROM FRAME 2311 TO THE
END. A RANDOM MINUS DENSITY STREAK IS PRESENT ON FRAMES 479-
480. A MINOR PLUS DENSITY LINE APPEARS PARALLEL TO THE MINOR
AXIS FROM EDGE TO EDGE ON FRAME 2339. TAPE IS IMAGED ON FRAME
2352. HEAT SPLICES OCCUR ON FRAMES 139 AND 1408. A MANU-
FACTURER'S SPLICE ON FRAME 2245 CAUSES STATIC DISCHARGES ON
FRAMES 2243-2248.
D. BOTH SIDES: IMAGE MOTION IS DETECTABLE IN NOT LESS
THAN 50 FRAMES. BOTH SIDES CONTAIN TITLED FRAMES 0001-2355.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCES-
SING FAULTS.
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3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD WHERE NOT DEGRADED BY
ATMOSPHERICS OR IMAGE SMEARING.
B. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD ON THOSE PARTS
PRINTED. NO PART 11R OR 13R OF THE POSITIVE WAS FORWARDED TO
NPIC. HOWEVER, TWO PART 9R'S ONE LABELED 13R, AND TWO PART
11L' S WERE RECEIVED.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION.
SCP-1.
S E C R E T
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