CABLE TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM CIA WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100026-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 26
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB
REUAHQ/DIAXX
RUECYG/NAVY PIC
RUETDH/6594TH TEST SQD, WESTOVER AFB, MASS
RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF BARKSDALE, LA
DA GRNC
P 112034Z
FM CIA WASHDC
FOR DI, BRASS KNOB, DOCK, DM 4, DIM, SAC HQ ;-'OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 5 WAS USED IN MISSION 3655 FLOWN ON 9 JULY 1963;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY WESTOVER.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE NEGATIVE IS SLIGHTLY OVEREXPOSED. RESOLUTION IS
FAIR, WITH A DEFINITE DEGRADATION TOWARD THE DATA CHAMBER EDGE,
POSSIBLY DUE TO FOCUS.
B. 9R SIDE: A PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS PRESENT 4.6" FROM,
AND PARALLEL TO, THE INBOARD EDGE. THIS STREAK PREVAILS FROM
FRAME 206 THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION. A PLUS DENSITY
S E C R E T CITE 'CIA-Z- 48
12 JUL 1?03
BT Grace (File)
Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
SECRET
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Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
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STREAK APPEARS INTERMITTENTLY 2.7" FROM, AND PARALLEL TO, THE
OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE ARE
PLUS DENSITY STREAKS WHICH SHOW A GENERAL LONG ALIGNMENT, BUT NO
CONSISTENT SEQUENCE, LOCATED IN AREA 2" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE.
PRONOUNCED HANDLING MARKS ARE NOTED IN THE VICINITY OF NEARLY
EVERY HEAT SPLICE, I. E., FINGER PRINTS, SCRATCHES AND RUBS.
THERE ARE ALSO VARIOUS CREASES, EDGE CRIMPS AND EMULSION CRACKS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAT SPLICES. GHOST IMAGES OF ALL POSITION
INDICATORS APPEAR WHEN THE CORRECT POSITION INDICATOR IS EXPOSED,
WITH EXCEPTION OF THE 2L POSITION INDICATOR, WHICH DOES NOT
FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
C. 9L SIDE: A PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY
4.2" FROM, AND PARALLEL TO, THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE.
A CONTINUOUS PLUS DENSITY STREAK OCCURS FROM FRAME 1426 TO FRAME
1840 (END OF MISSION). THIS STREAK IS 3.9" FROM, AND PARALLEL
TO, THE INBOARD EDGE. A PROCESSOR TRACKING PROBLEM CAUSED FILM
DAMAGE FOR THE FIRST 51 FRAMES. DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
TRACKING PROBLEM CONSISTS OF CREASES, EMULSION CRACKS AND PEELS,
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EDGE CRIMPS, HEAVY FOGGING, FOAM, ST. ,RUBS, SCRATCHES,
CHEMICAL SPOTS, AND FINGER PRINTS. FRAMES 46 AND 663 WERE CUT
THROUGH THEIR FORMATS AND HEAT SPLICES WERE EMPLOYED TO REPAIR
THE CUTS, OBSCURING THE IMAGERY. EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ON FRAMES
662, 663 AND 666. WATER MARKS APPtAR ON FRAMES 1430 THROUGH
1463. NUMEROUS FINE INTERMITTENT EMULSION SCRATCHES OCCUR
THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE. GHOST IMAGES OF ALL POSITION INDICATORS
APPEAR WHEN THE CORRECT POSITION INDICA?OR IS EXPOSED.
D. NO SERIOUS PROCESSING PROBLEMS WERE NOTED AFTER THE
INITIAL TRACKING PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. ALL HEAT SPLICES ON
BOTH THE 9R AND 9L SIDES ARE PRESENT ON THE EMULSION SIDE OF
THE FILM.
3. POSiIiV$
A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO POOR, DUE TO THE NEGATIVE
PROCESSING, POSSIBLE FOCUS PROBLEM, GRAIN AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.
NO PRINTING OR PROCESSING PROBLEMS EXIST.
B. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT
OF THE MISSION.
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