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-RDP78B04558A001100120070-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: December 2, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3414.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/ GQ.DEN TREE/DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B-15 WAS EMPLOYED IN MISSION 3972 FLOWN 30 NOVEMBER
1964. PROCESSING WAS PERFORMED AT BARKSDALE AFB.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE BUT THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL
IS DEGRADED BY A DISTINCT CAST WHICH IMPARTS AN OVEREXPOSED APPEAR-
ANCE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHY. HOWEVER, THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD WHERE NOT
REDUCED BY ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS.
B. 9R SIDE: FINE EDGE FOG AND MINOR STATIC DISCHARGES ARE
PRESENT ON BOTH EDGES THROUGHOUT THE FILM. ROLLER INDUCED STATIC
DISCHARGES ARE ALSO PRESENT ON BOTH EDGES BUT ARE DIFFICULT TO
DETECT AFTER FRAME 2100, PARTICULARLY ON THE OUTBOARD (UNTITLED)
EDGE. A PLUS DENSITY AREA, APPARENTLY PROCESSOR INDUCED, ROJGHLY
PARALLELS THE INBOARD EDGE CF THE FILM FROM HEAD TO TAIL. THE
WIDTH OF THE AFFECTED AREA SELDOM EXCEEDS 1.50".
C. 9L SIDE: MINOR EDGE STATIC DISCHARGES OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY
ALONG BOTH FILM EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. EDGE FOG IS PRESENT
INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. PRESSURE
ROLLER STATIC (CHATTER) APPEARS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE INBOARD.
EDGE. THE FIRST 43 FRAMES OF TW. UIgSION CONTAIN A SHORT, IRREGULAR
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PLUS DENSITY STREAK ADJACENT T O THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM.
A MINUS DENSITY DOT OCCURS EACH 1.55" AND 0.72" FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A SMALL FLARE IS PRESENT ADJACENT
TO THE DATA CHAMEER ON THE INBOARD EDGE. MANUFACTURER'S SPLICES
ARE POSITIONED EETWEEN FRAMES 506/507 AND 1811/1812, WITH ASSOCIATED
STATIC TRACES ON FRAMES 504, 505, 1809 AND 1814. A PLUS DENSITY
STREAK STARTS AT THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM ON FRAME 1020 AND
CONTINUES DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE MATERIAL UNTIL IT RUNS OUT OVER
THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF FRAME 1039.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE TITLED FRAMES ARE NUMIERED 0000-2375.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
FAULTS.
3.
A.
B.
C.
DUPLICATE POSITIVE:
THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
CLOUDS OBSCURE 15 PERCENT OF THE GROUND DETAIL.
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SE C R E T
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