CABLE TO RUSCS/SAC OFFUTT ARB OMAHA NEB FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001600040040-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: October 20, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUCVAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE 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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1.
CAMERA B-23 WAS USED IN MISSION G918 FLOWN ON 17 OCTOBER
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1966.
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE AFB.
2.
ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
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A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE
RESOLUTION IS GOOD. THE UNUSUAL RESOLUTION AND FOCUS PATTERNS
MENTIONED IN THE EVALUATION OF MISSION 8124 AND 8125 (THE PREVIOUS A~
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TWO MISSIONS WITH CAMERA B-23) ARE NOT APPARENT IN THIS MISSION. ~~
THE AREA OF BEST FOCUS IS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER INBOARD EDGE
OF BOTH THE 9L AND 9R SIDES. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A TENDENCY FOR
THE IMAGERY TO APPEAR MORE SHARP TOWARD THE NON-DATA CHAMBER END
OF THE FORMAT IN THE NON-VERTICAL POSITIONS.
B. 9R SIDE: EVIDENCE OF ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH
THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGES OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
PLUS DENSITY SPOTS AS BIG AS 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER ARE ASSOCIATED
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WITH THE ROLLER CHATTER ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE IN THE FIRST 35
FRAMES. A 1.2 INCH LONG SCRATCH LOCATED 3.3 INCHES FROM AND
PARALLEL TO THE INBOARD EDGE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY FROM FRAME
0147 TO 0307. SMEARED IMAGERY CAUSED BY VEHICLE PERTURBATIONS
EXISTS ON FRAMES 0556, 1254, 1591, 1802!. 1949, AND 1973. A
MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 0642 WITH ASSOCIATED OUT-
BOARD EDGE FOG ON FRAMES 0641 AND 0643.
C. 9L SIDE: ROLLER STATIC IS APPARENT ALONG THE INBOARD
EDGE OF THE FORMAT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THREE ROWS OF
MINUS DENSITY DOTS, SPACED 1.7 INCH APART, ARE LOCATED 0.6, 1.1,
AND 7.7 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM, RESPECTIVELY.
THE FIRST ROW IS CONTINUOUS ONLY IN FRAMES 0001 THROUGH 0010;
THE SECOND IS NOT APPARENT IN THE LAST HALF OF THE MISSION; AND
THE THIRD APPEARS THROUGH FRAME 1950. THE SECOND AND THIRD ROWS
TEND TO DRIFT TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE FRAME FORMAT.
D. BOTH SIDES: EDGE STATIC OCCURS ALONG BOTH EDGES OF
9L AND 9R SIDES. THE FIRST AND LAST TITLED FRAMES ARE 0001 AND
2053 RESPECTIVELY,.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS
DURING THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 45 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION. GP-1.
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