CABLE TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001400030020-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: September 12, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT.AFB OMAHA NEB
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RUCVAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCV.AA/2D RTS BARK.SDALE AFB.LA
RUEKDA/DIA WASHDC
RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUWGAA./2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
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S E C RE T CITE. NPIC 8445.
15TH AF .(FOR DI) s SAC (FOR DIM/GLASS LAMP/DOCR, DM 4)
2D' AF (FOR DI).
1.. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION 8120 FLOWN ON 10
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2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: ASA-L-O_
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLTUION IS GOO
B. 9R SIDE: PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC (CHATTER) OCCURS
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INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. THE INBOARD EDGE CONTAINS INTERMITTENT EDGE FOG
THROUGHOUT. A NARROW STREAK OF FOG STRIKES ACROSS FRAME 0003
AND EXTENDS FROM EDGE TO EDGE. MANUFACTURER'S SPLICES ARE
LOCATED IN FRAMES 0660 AND 2265. A HEAT SPLICE IS MADE THROUGH
FRAME 1161.
C. 9L SIDE: FOGGING FROM MINOR STATIC: DISCHARGES
OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM.
THE VERTICAL INDICATOR DOT APPEARED AS A RAGGED CIRCLE ON EACH
VERTICAL FRAME. NUMEROUS FINE PLUS DENSITY STREAKS, PARALLEL
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TO THE MAJOR AXIS, ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT. THEY ARE READILY
DETECTABLE IN. LOW CONTRAST FRAMES. A SMALL AREA OF FOG TS
PRESENT IN THE BORDER ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF FRAMES
1040, 1263, 1479 AND 1481. LIGHT STRIKING THE FILM AT THESE
AREAS APPEARS TO BE THE CAUSE. 'A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE I'S
LOCATED IN"FR?AME 1273. A HEAT SPLICE IS MADE IN FRAME 1211.
THREAD LIKE OBSTRUCTIONS APPEAR TO BE ADHERING TO THE CENTER..
FIDUCIAL AND CAUSING IT TO APPEAR RAGGED. TITLING ON APPROX-
IMATELY TWO PERCENT OF THE FRAMES IS EITHER PARTIALLY REMOVED
OR SMEARED. A NARROW STREAK OF FOG EXTENDING EDGE TO-EDGE
STRIKES ACROSS FRAME 0002.
D. BOTH SIDES: PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC (CHATTER) IS.
PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM
THROUGHOUT. THE CLOCK COUNTER IN THE DATA CHAMBER IS NOT
VISABLE_ON ANY OF THE FRAMES. EDGE FOG IS PRESENT INTER-
MITTENTLY ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. THERE ARE 2281
TITLED FRAMES ON THIS MISSION.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
PROBLEMS.
3. POSITIVES:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WAS GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 45 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION.
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