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-RDP78B04558A001100120067-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: December 3, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3422.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B-101 WAS USED IN MISSION 3973, FLOWN ON 1 DECEMBER
1964. THE PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC (CHATTER) IS PRESENT
INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM ON
THE FIRST 142 AND 621 FRAMES RESPECTIVELY. SMALL CURVED PARALLEL
PLUS AND MINUS DENSITY AREAS ARE PRESENT ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE
OF THE FILM ON FRAMES 666 THROUGH 670. THE FILM ON THESE FRAMES
APPEARS TO BE RIPPLED, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE
MADE IN FRAME 672. A MYLAR SPLICE OCCURS IN FRAME 1204 WITH ASSOCIATED
CRIMPS AND PLUS DENSITY TRACES ON FRAMES 1203 AND 1204. THE TITLED
INFORMATION ON THE FIRST TEN FRAMES IS STREAKED AND PARTIALLY
REMOVED.
C. 9L SIDE: WAVERING MINUS DENSITY STREAKS, 0.1" WIDE,
VARYING FROM 3" TO 5" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM OCCUR
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE STREAKS APPEAR TO GO THROUGH THE METERING
AREA AND NO DEFINITE PATTERN IS PRESENT. A PLUS DENSITY STREAK,
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WHICH HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A LIGHT LEAK, APPEARS ON EVERY
FRAME AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM. IT IS LOCATED
1.75" TO 3.75" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE, BELOW THE FIRST FIDUCIAL MARK
FROM THE CLOCK AND IS 3" IN LENGTH. EDGE FOG OCCURS ALONG THE INBOARD
AND OUTBOARD EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A HEAT SPLICE IS PRESENT
ON FRAME 1168 AND A MANUFACTURING SPLICE OCCURS ON FRAME 1538.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE ENTIRE MISSION CONTAINED INTERMITTENT EDGE
STATIC ALONG BOTH FILM EDGES. A FINE, WAVERING MINUS DENSITY
STREAK OCCURS ADJACENT TO THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. FRAMES ARE TITLED CONSECUTIVELY FROM 0001 THROUGH
2453.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTED DURING THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVES:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF
THIS MISSION.
SEC R E T
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