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

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100120009-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 29, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 292115Z 1964 DEC 29 21 53Z
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUCVAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
R UEAHQ/DIA WASHDC
RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3577.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D
1. CAMERA B 15 WAS USED IN MISSION 3979 FLOWN ON 28 DE
1964. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE BUT THE RESOLUTION IS S
DEGRADED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GROUND HAZE.
B. 9R SIDE: EDGE FOG IS PRESENT ON THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD
EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. STATIC DISCHARGES OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY
ALONG THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGES. ROLLER CHATTER DEGRADES
PART OF THE IMAGE ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE FROM THE BEGINNING TO END
OF THE MISSION. A PLUS DENSITY STREAK 3.25" FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT. TWO ROWS OF MINUS DENSITY SPOTS ARE
LOCATED ON FRAMES 1 - 27, 4.5" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND 2.32"
APART, 1.1" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND 1.55" APART. A MANUFACTURING
SPLICE OCCURS ON FRAME 1261.
C. 9L SIDE: INBOARD ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT IN THE FIRST
46 AND LAST 52 FRAMES. THERE IS STATIC ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE
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THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND THE LAST 52 FRAMES CONTAIN OUTBOARD
ROLLER CHATTER. A ROW OF PLUS DENSITY DOTS, 3.0" FROM THE OUTBOARD
EDGE OF THE FILM RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THIS ROW OF DOTS VARY IN
INTENSITY AND ARE MORE PREDOMINANT IN FRAMES 0-240, 494-900p 1077-
1107 AND 1308-1932. ANOTHER SERIES OF PLUS DENSITY DOTS APPEAR
INTERMITTENTLY 1.2" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM BETWEEN FRAMES
1540-1932. FRAMES 1186 THROUGH 1932 CONTAIN PROCESSING STREAKS OF
VARYING INTENSITY. MINUTE ABRASIONS, WHICH APPEAR AS PINHOLES,
ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES 74-76, 1200-1250 AND 1550-1580. THERE IS A
MANUFACTURING SPLICE IN FRAME 367 AND A CHEMICAL STAIN IN FRAME 807.
FRAMES 39-40 CONTAIN CREASES AND THERE IS A FLARE ADJACENT TO THE
DATA CHAMBER IN ALL FRAMES.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 1932.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS
DURING THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS SLIGHTLY DEGRADED BY GROUND
HAZE.
B. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
S E C R E T
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