CABLE TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM NPIC WASHDC

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6 JAN 1965-
P 052057Z
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
R UCVAA/4080 STRAT WG OL 19 BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUCVAA/2D RTS BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEAHQ/DIA WASHDC
R UECYH/NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN SUITLAND MD
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
RUWBKN/15TH AF MARCH AFB RIVERSIDE CALIF
R UWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
BT
S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3609.
1965 JAN 5 21
15TH AF (FOR DI), SAC (FOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCK, DM 4) 2D AF
1. CAMERA B-101 WAS USED IN MISSION 3981 FLOWN ON 3 JANU
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE AFB.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD
B. 9R SIDE: A THREAD-LIKE OBSTRUCTION, APPROXIMATELY 0.4"
LONG, ADHERING TO THE EDGE OF THE DATA CHAMBER IS PRESENT ON ALL
FRAMES. A CLUSTER OF MINUS DESNTITY DOTS, UP TO 30 IN NUMBER,
IS PRESENT IN THE OUTBOARD CORNERS OF EACH FORMAT THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF FOUR MINUS DENSITY DOTS OCCURS NEAR
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EACH FORMAT CENTER ON THE FIRST 1321 FRAMES. SPOT STATIC DISCHARGES
OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. NUMEROUS SHORT ABRASIONS, ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORMAT
AND ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE FILM EDGES, ARE PRESENT ON FRAMES 900
THROUGH 1450, MARKING PEN INK IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE HEAD LEADER
TO THE FIRST FRAME (1200) PART 5. IRREGULAR PLUS DENSITY STREAKS
OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY ON FRAMES 2 125 THROUGH 2 147 (END). A MANU-
FACTURER'S SPLICE IS MADE IN FRAME 343.
C. 9L SIDE: MINUS DENSITY DOTS, SPACED 1.55" APART, ARE LOCATE',
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AT THE FOLLOWING DISTANCES FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM:
1.9" IN FRAMES 000 TO 005, 2.4" IN FRAME 754, , 1.1" IN FRAMES 1426
TO 1429, AND 1.5" IN FRAME 1841. THERE ARE ALSO MANY SCATTERED
MINUS DENSITY DOTS CONTAINED IN FRAME 0 "TWO MINUS DENSITY DOTS
LOCATED 1.5" AND 1.8" FROM THE OUTBOARD GE AND 0.7" FROM THE SUPPLY
SIDE OF THE FORMAT ARE PRESENT IN EACH FRAME FROM 950 TO THE
END OF THE MISSION. SEVERAL CHEMIL SPOTS WERE NOTED ON THE EMULSION
FROM FRAME 757 TO THE END OF THE MISSION. A CRESCENT SHAPED FOG
PATCH 1.5" TO 2.5" LONG IS LOCATED ABOUT 6.5" FROM THE TAKE-UP
SIDE OF THE FORMAT AND 2.5" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM.
THIS PATCH OF FOG IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THIS MISSION-AND IT HAS
BEEN REPORTED ON PREVIOUS MISSIONS.
D. BOTH SIDES: OUTBOARD EDGE FOG IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION. THE TITLED FRAMES ON EACH SIDE ARE NUMBERED FROM 0000 TO
2147.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS
DURING THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING WAS GOOD.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADED APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
S E C R E T
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