CABLE TO RCHOAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEBRASKA FROM NPIC WASHDC

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: December 9, 1969
• Content Type: CABLE

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SECRET
P 09140~dZ DEC 69
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RCHOAAA/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEBRASKA
RCHOAAA/544TH ARTW, OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEBRASKA
RUHHABA/548TH RTG, HICKAM AFB, HAWAII
RUCRJCS/DIA
RUEFHQA/ HQ USAF
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S E C R E T. CITE NPIC 7558
HQ USAF FOR AFIGOS, AFXOTR, AFNICAD
SAC FOR DIRI, DOSR, DISD
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SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF GIANT NAIL MISSION GA-T-137, FLOWN 7 NOV X59
1. IMAGE QUALITY: THE IMAGE QUALITY AND INTERPRETATION SUITA'3ILITY
OF THIS MISSION IS POOR. THE MAJOR DEGRADING FACTORS ARE A GENERAL
UNDEREXPOSED CONDITION THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND AN APPARENT HIGH
DEGREE OF ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION (HAZE). CLOUD COVER OBSCURES Al?PROX-
IMATELY 30 PERCENT OF
THE ENTIRE MISSION.
2. MISSION DATA
A. MISSION NUMBER: GA-T-137, DATE: 7 NOV 69
B. CAMERA: IRI5 II, SERIAL NUM: 8012
C. A/C NUM: 34.0
D. MODE: STEREO
E. T/0: 00322, C/ON: 02352
F. FILM TYPE: 3404, FILTER: W-23A
G. CHEMISTRY: UNK, PROCESSING FACILITY 548TH RTG
H. AVG GAMMA: UNK
ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.yTNIS~CONDITIONNDISPLAYSXNOTDEFINIT
PATTERN AND AFFECTS NO SP
ECIFIC MISSION SEGMENT. APPROXIMA
50 PERCENT OF THE MISSION IS
UNDEREXPOSED.
B. DENSITY AND CONTRAST: THE DENSITY IS GENERALLY
AND THE CONTRAST IS LOW TO MEDIUM THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
C. IMAGED DEGRADATIONS:
C1) MULTIPLE MINUS DENSITY STREAKS ARE PRESENT, P
TO THE MAJOR AXIS OF EACH FORMAT, THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
MINUS DENSITY STREAKS ARE APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF OBSTRUC
THE EXPOSING SLIT
.
(2) BANDING IS PRESENT ACROSS EACH FORMAT THROUGH
MISSION.
(3) A PLUS DENSITY MARK PARALLEL TO THE MINOR AXI
TENDING ACROSS THE FORMAT IS PRESENT 6 INCHES FROM THE SUP
OF MOST AFT FRAMES AND 21.6 INCHES FROM THE SUPPLY END OF
FWD FRAMES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THESE MARKS ARE APPAREN
THE RESULT OF AN ELECTRO
STATIC DISCHARGE OCCURRING AT A FI
t4) STATIC MARKS IN THE SHAPE OF A COMMA ARE PRES
ON FRAMES 855 AND 856 tHESE ST T
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THE TAKE-UP END OF EACH AFT FRAME CAPRROXIMATELY 20 DEGRE ~~'IGHT)
STARTING ON FRAME 913 AND CONT
INUING THROUGH THE END OF THE
MISSION (FRAME 1006), THIS PATTERN HAS A FRAME TO FRAME DENSITY
VARIATION, IS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF INCn WIDE, AND PROTRUDES
PERPENDICULAR FROM TriE TITLED EDGE INTO THE FORMAT A DISTANCE
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OF APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES, THIS DENSITY PATTERN IS APPARENTLY
ASSOCIATED WITH A REFLECTION EXTERIOR TO THE CAMERA AND SEEMS TO
BE SUN ANGLE DEPENDENT.
D. PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS:
(1> AN ULTRASONIC SPLICE IS PRESENT ON FRAME 4 82.
C2) PROCESSING SPLICES ARE PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES 91 - 92 AND
454-455.
C3) SILVER MYLAR TAPE HAS BEEN USED TO REPAIR A SMALL
NICK ON THE EDGE OF THE FILM ON FRAME 649.
C4) PROCESSING MARKS AND/OR WATER MARKS ARE PRESENT ON
APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 FRAMES OF THE MISSION.
C5) FINE EMULSION SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT, PARALLEL TO THE
MAJOR FILM AXIS, THROUGHOUT THE MISSION MATERIAL.
C6) AN EXTRANEOUS INK MARK IS PRESENT IN THE BORDER AREA
1.47 INCHES TO THE RIGHT OF EACH TITLED INDEX BULLS EYE. ANOTHER
INK MARK IS ALSO PRESENT BELOW MANY INDEX NUMBERS, 0.3 INCH
INTO THE FORMAT AREA. MANY INSTANCES OF SMEARED INK ARE PRESENT
IN THE FORMAT AREA RESULTING FROM TITLING GORRECTION5.
E. DATA RECORDING: ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION.
F. THERE ARE 101fd7 FRAMES ON THIS MISSION.
4. POSITIVES: THE CONTRAST OF THE POSITIVES IS LOW DUE TO THE
UNDEREXPOSURE OF THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE. IN ADDITION, THE ORIGINAL
NEGATIVE WAS MISALIGNED TO THE PRINTTNG STOCK BY APPROXIMATELY X1.1 INCH
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S E C R E T
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