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CIA-RDP78B04558A000700110032-8
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TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB
RUCVAB/4080 STRAT WG, OL 19, BARKSDALE AFB, LA
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RUWBKG/15TH AF, MARCH AFB, RIVERSIDE, CALIF
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1963 MCP 10 21 32 Z
11 SEP 1963
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S E C R E T CITE IA-Z 875
15TH AF (FOR DI); SAC (FOR DIM, BRASS KNOB, DOCR, DM 4) 2D AF
Grace (File)
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3713 FLOWN ON 6 SEPT 63;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: BEGINNING WITH A MANUFACTURING SPLICE ON FRAME
162, AND EXTENDING THROUGH FRAME 174 THE FILM IS DEGRADED BY CREASES,
STATIC, A WAVY MINUS DENSITY STREAK, PINHOLES, AND A SMALL TEAR.
EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ON THE FIRST 129 FRAMES AND ROLLER CHATTER
OCCURRED ON THE FIRST 161 FRAMES. THREE INSTANCES OF FOGGING
OCCURRED: THE FIRST ON FRAME 510, THE SECOND ON FRAME 538,
AND THE LAST ON FRAME 1631. THESE CONSIST OF TRANSVERSE PLUS
DENSITY BARS 0.65" WIDE AND EXTENDING EDGE TO EDGE (INCLUDING THE cffaurri
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TITLED EDGE) ACROSS THE FORMAT AREA. THE ONE ON FRAME 538
IS SUPERIMPOSED UPON A LESS DENSE FOG PATCH WHICH IS TRIANGULAR
IN SHAPE AND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN DETAIL ON MISSION 3699.
FINALLY, THERE IS A MINUS DENSITY STREAK 0.5" FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE ON FRAMES 2378 THROUGH 2403.
Co 9L SIDE: EDGE STATIC ON BOTH THE INBOARD AND THE OUTBOARD
EDGES: ROLLER CHATTER ON THE INBOARD EDGE; AND FOG ON THE OUTBOARD
EDGE CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MISSION. THERE ARE ALSO
TWO SERIES OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS WHICH RUN FROM HEAD TO TAIL
THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE. ONE IS 1.05" AND THE OTHER 7.65" FROM THE
OUTBOARD EDGE AND BOTH ARE SPACED 1.55" BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE DOTS.
D. BOTH SIDES: PROCESSING STREAKS WERE NOTED THROUGHOUT.
E. THERE WERE NO PROCESSING PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE THREE
LIGHT LEAKS MENTIONED ABOVE. THE CAMERA OPERATED WELL.
NUMBER OF TITLED FRAMES IS 2699.
THE TOTAL
3.
POSITIVE:
A.
THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD AND THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING
ARE GOOD.
i B.
CLOUDS COVERED 40 PERCENT OF THE TAKE.
S E C R E T
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