CABLE TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001600030014-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 17, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 172225Z OCT 66
FM NPIC tWWASHDC
TO PUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUCVAA/4080 STRAT UG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAA/2D,RTS BAFKSDALE AFB LA
RUEKDA/DIA WASHDC
RUECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND ND
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFF RIVERSIDE CALIF
RUWGAA/2 AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
BT
S E C R E T CITE NPIC 8791.
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GLASS LAPP/DOOR, DM 4)
2D AF (FOR DI).
1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION C 917 FLOWN ON 13 OCTO
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED EY BARKSDALE AFB.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE DENSITY OF THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE IS NORI.IAL TO
SLIGHTLY HEAVY. THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9P SIDE: A MINUS DENSITY MARK, 2.8 INCHES LONG AND
0.15 INCH WIDE, IS LOCATED 3.0 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE ALONG
THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM. IT OCCURS ERRATICALLY THROUGHOUT
THE FIRST 300 FRAMES. MINUS DENSITY DOTS ARE ALSO PRESENT 2.65
INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND 1.7 INCHES APART ALONG THE MAJOR
AXIS DURING THE FIRST 300, FRAMES AS WELL AS 3.75 INCHES FROM THE
INBOARD EDGE AND 1.7 INCHES APART AFTER FRAME 2049 TO THE END
OF THE MISSION. A BLISTER 0.10 INCH IN DIAMETER IS PRESENT 3.1
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Sanitized
Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
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INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND 8.15 INCHES FRC;' THE DATA BLOCK
EDGE OF FRAME 0148. A PLUS DENSITY LINE 1.95 INCH FROM THE IN-
BOARD EDGE BEGINS IN FRAME 0263 AND CONTINUES TO ABOUT FRP.ME
0300. ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLUS DENSITY LINE ARE MANY FINE AB-
RASIONS ON THE EMULSION SIDE OF THE FILM. TWO PLUS DENSITY LINES
ARE LOCATED 6.90 AND 7.65 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE, RUNNING
ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS OF FRAMES 2174 THRU 2181. NUMEROUS PLUS
DENSITY MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH FILM HANDLING ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES
1961 THRU 1966, 2070 THRU 2071, AND 2180 THRU 2181.
C. 9L SIDE: A FOGGED AREA IS PRESENT IN FRAME 0001
WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA START-UP. ERRATIC METERING IS
PRESENT IN THE 9L SIDE BEGINNING AROUND FRAME 1111 AND CONTINUING
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MISSION. SOME FRAMES OVERLAP, FRAME
1950 THRU 1951 BEING THE FIRST WITH AN OVERLAP OF 0.02 INCH.
A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 1954.
D. BOTH SIDES: OUTBOARD EDGE STATIC AS WELL AS ROLLER
CHATTER ON BOTH INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGES ARE PRESENT ON THE
MISSION. MINUS DENSITY DOTS APPEAR 1.7 INCHES APART AND 1.0 INCH
FROM THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE MISSION IN BOTH
9L AND 9R SIDES. IN FRAMES 0568 THRU 0570, 0720 AND 1220 OF BOTH
SIDES, ERRATIC DENSITY PATTERNS ARE PRESENT. THESE AREAS ARE
PRESENT AT POINTS OF VEHICLE TURNS AND SEEM TO BE CAUSED BY
VEHICLE WINDOW REFLECTIONS. THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2188.
E. THERE ARE NO MAJOR PROCESSING ANOMALIES IN THIS MISSION.
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3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS AND HAZE DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION. GP-1.
S E C R E T
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