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

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700110078-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB
21 AUG 1963
RUCVAB/4080TH STRAT WG, OL 19, BARKSDALE AFB, 3 20 20 31Z
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RUECYG/NAVY PIC
RUWBKG/15TH AF, MARCH AFB, RIVERSIDE, CALIF. ;CJS
RUWGAA/2D RTS, BARKSDALE AFB, LA
RUWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB, LA
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CITE CIA-Z-827
Brace (File;;;
15TH AF (FOR DI); SAC (FOR DIM, BRASS KNOB, DOCR, DM 4), 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3695 FLOWN ON 18 AUGUST
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: A LINE OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS 1.55" APART AND
0.16" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE IS FOUND INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT
THIS ENTIRE SIDE. MINOR PROCESSING STREAKS ARE ALSO FOUND
CONTINUOUSLY ON THIS SIDE, AND THERE ARE INNUMERABLE PINHOLES
ON FRAME 739 ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAT SPLICE.
C. 9L SIDE: INBOARD ROLLER CHATTER, INTERMITTENT INBOARD
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EDGE STATIC AND OUTBOARD EDGE FOG ARE CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THIS
MISSION. MINUS DENSITY DOTS 9,9- FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE APPEAR
EACH 1.55" ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS FILM. FINE MINUS DENSITY
LINES PARALLEL TO THE FILM EDGES 'NUMEROUS FROM FRAME 158
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION. A WAVERING PLUS DENSITY
STREAK APPROXIMATELY 2.4" FROM AND PARALLIL TO THE INBOARD EDGE
APPEARS ON FRAMES 2064 THROUGH 2372. A PATTERN OF PLUS DENSITY
LINES RESEMBLING A SEMI-CIRCLE WITH A 1" TAIL (FISH HOOK)
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SEMI-CIRCLE WITH THE TAIL TOUCHING
THE FIRST IS REPETITIVE EACH 3.28" ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS.
THE PATTERN FIRST APPEARS 2.8" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE ON FRAME
31 AND BECOMES CLOSER TO THE INBOARD EDGE WITH EACH APPEARANCE
AND FINALLY WORKS OFF THE FILM ON THE INBOARD EDGE OF FRAME 153.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 2512 FRAMES ON THIS SIDE OF THIS MISSION.
D. TOTAL NUMBER OF FRAMES ON THE 9R SIDE WAS 2514, AND ON
THE 9L SIDE 2512.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING PROBLEMS OR CAMERA
MALFUNCTIONS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
Be CLOUDS COVERED ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF THIS MISSION.
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