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

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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S E C R E T CITE NPIC 3932.
1965 FEB 25 18 2
15TH AF CF OR DI ), SAC CFOR DIM/GOLDEN TREE/DOCK, DM 4> 2D AF CF
1. CAMERA B 101 WAS USED IN MISSION 3991 FLOWN ON 23 FEBRUA
1965. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: SLI GHT ED(~ FOG IS PRESENT ALONG BOrTH EDGES
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THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. MINOR EDGE STATIC OCCURS ALONG THE OUT-
BOARD EDGE DURING THE FIRST 500 FRAMES OF THE MISSION. PLUS
DENSITY S,REAKS, PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM, OCCUR
INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. MANUFACTURING SPLICES ARE
PRESENT ON FRAMES 646 AND 1840. A HEAT SPLICE IS PRESENT ON FRAME
1189. FOGGED AREAS EFFECT FRAMES 2251 AND 2252.
C. 9L SIDE: THE FIRST 1Q0 FRAMES CONTAIN EDGE FOG ALONG
THE INBOARD ED(~. THERE IS A FLARE ADJACENT TO THE DATA CHAMBER
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THERE ARE A SERIES OF PLUS DENSITY
LINES THAT ARE PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS OF NEGATIVES. FIVE
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ARE MORE PROMINENT AND LIE 2.5, 4.6, 5.0, 5.2 AfJD 5.4 INCHES
FRCM THE INBOARD ED(aE. THE LINES TERMINATE AT THE HEAT SPLICE
IN FRAME 1111 AND A NEW SERIES OF LINES ARE PRESENT THAT MEASURE
1.6, 3.2, 4.8, 6.4 AND 8.0 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE ONE THAT IS 1.6" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE THE LINES
(~ADUALLY DIMINISH UNTIL THEY ARE NO LONGER DETECTABLE (FRAME
1251). THE LINE THAT IS 1.6" FROM THE EDGE IS PRESENT FOR THE
BALANCE OF THE MISSION. FRAME 1112 CONTAINS SCUM AND HANDLING
MARKS. AN ISOLATED WAVERING MINUS DENSITY STREAK OF UNDETER-
MINED ORIGItd IS LOCATED 0.5" FROin THE INBOARD EDGE IN FRAME 587.
FRAME 1904 C ONTAINS A MANUFACTURIN G SPLICE .
D. BOTH SIDE 5: A FEW IS Q.ATED FRAMES CONTAIN SMEARED IMAGERY
(52, 792, 1324, 1722, 1956) THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO VEHICLE
RATE ATTITUDE. AN APPARENT CAMERA MISLATCH OCCURRED AT COUNTER
FRAME 1571 WHEN THE CAMERA DID NC2 GO TO POSITION 2L BUT RECORDED
A SEC QVD FRAME IN THE 1R POSITION. T}~C CAMERA THEN RETURNED TO
V (FRAME 1572) ACID FAILED TO RECORD OR METER FILM FOR FRAME 1573.
IT REMAINED IN THE VERTICAL POSITION AND RECORDED ANOTHER V
(FRAME 1574) AND THEN OPERATED PROPERLY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
MISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN A 90 DEGREE TURN DURING THIS MIS-
LATCN AND THE CYCLE RATE DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A
CAP9ERA OFF.
E. THE TITLED FRAMES ,ARE NUMBERED 0001 TO 2348. THE COUNTER
FRAMES ARE NUMBERED 0001 TO 2349 WITH NO FRAME 1573.
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3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE 2P1 TO 25 PERCENT OF THE MISSION. GP-1
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