EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-052

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: December 3, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF~'GLASS LAMP MISSION G-052
1. IMAGE QUALITY: THE OVERALL IMAGE QUALITY'OF"THIS MIS
FAIR. INTERMITTENT SMALL OUT-OF-FOCUS AREAS ARE PRESENT IN'
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IMATELY THE FIRST 600 FRAMES OF THE FORWARD AND AFT MATERIAL
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GRADUAL CHANGE IN IMAGE QUALITY'IS APPARENT.FROM THE BEGINNI
THE MISSION TO THE END (FAIR TO GOOD). INTERPRETATION'SUITABITT
THIS MISSION 'IS FAIR. CLOUD COVER AND HAZE OBSCURE APPROXIMA
AID
PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE MISSION.
2. MISSION DATA:
A. GLASS LAMP MISSIONG-052-WAS'.FLOWN ON 25 NOVEMBER
USING A DELTA III CAMERA--SYSTEM WITH UNITS I-8 (FORWARD LOOK
I-7 (AFT LOOKING).
B. FILM TYPE 3404'WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION'WI
EXPOSURE OF 1/450 AND A. -WRATTEN 21 FILTER. THE ORIGINAL -NEGA
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3. ORIGINAL NEGATIVES:
A. EXPOSURE: ADEQUATE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION FOR BOT
.B. DENSITY AND' CONTRAST: GENERALLY MEDIUM FOR-BOTH U
DURING THE ENTIRE MISSION..
C. IMAGE DEGRADATIONS:.
(1) FORWARD CAMERA (1-8): A PLUS DENSITY LINE PARj
CONTAIN SPLASHES OFF::FOG SPACED APPROXIMATELY 48..INCHES APART.
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THE MAJOR AXIS AND LOCATED. 0.3 INCHES' FROM THE TITLED EDGE IS PRESENT
IN AND.-BETWEEN ALL_FRAMES.`A MINUS DENSITY LINE PARALLEL TO THE
MAJOR-AXIS IS LOCATED 0.95 INCHES FROM THE TITLED.EDGE THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. THE SECONDARY IMAGES REPORTED. ON: THE TEST MISSIONS ARE
NOT .NOTICEABLE. (DELTA III TEST 1 OF 13 NOVEMBER'' 1968 AND TEST 2 OF
14 NOVEMBER-1968)..THE LAST SIX'FRAMES CONTAIN FOGGING ASSOCIATED
WITH CAMERA SHUTDOWN.
(2) AFT CAMERA (1-7): A MINUS DENSITY LINE PARALLEL TO
THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM IS LOCATED 0.6 INCHES FROM THE TITLED-'
_EDGE THROUGHOUT THE -MISSION. THE FIRST SIX FRAMES (TITLED 3 THRU 8)
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FRAMES 141 THRU 169 AND 178. THRU 20.3 CONTAIN A- -FOG PATTERN OF
MODERATE DENSITY 'WHICH DEGRADES APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE
ENTIRE FILM WEB. THE FOG EXTENDS FROW.THE NON-TITLED EDGE TOWARD-
THE CENTER *OF FORMAT. .A SIMILAR FOG PATTERN- WAS P-R-ESE.NT -IN THE TWO
TEST MISSIONS. HOWEVER,'IN BOTH TESTS,'THE FOGGING OCCURRED. NEAR
THE BEGINNING OF T.HE MISS'I-ON. THE LAST '0.25 INCHES OF' SCAN APPEAR TO
BE OF SLIGHTLY-,HEAVIER' DENSITY THAN-THE REST OF THE FORMAT' THROUGH-
OUT THE MISSION.'THE SECONDARY IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHLY
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REFLECTIVE OBJECTS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE LAST
NINE FRAMES CONTAIN FOGGING ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA SHUTDOWN.
(3) BOTH CAMERAS: BANDING IS NOTICEABLE.IN THE FIRST 2.0
INCHES OF SCAN. THERE ARE SEVERAL. INSTANCES OF SEVERE CROSS-TRACK
SMEAR DUE TO VEHICLE MANEUVERING. EDGE FOG IS PRESENT' AL'ONG--BOTH
EDGES INTERMITTENTLY.
D.-PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS:
(1) FORWARD CAMERA (I-8): FOUR. SPLICES ARE'PRESENT IN THIS
MISSION. A FOUR INCH SEGMENT OF'.FRAME 6689 CONTAINS A HEAT SPLICE AT
.ONE END AND A TAPE REPAIRED TEAR AT THE OTHER END. FRAMES 675 THRU
1015 HAVE BEEN RETITLED`.
(2)'AFT CAMERA (1-7): SEVEN HEAT SPLICES ARE PRESENT IN
THIS MISSION WITH ASSOCIATED HANDLING MARKS. DROPLETS OF A FOREIGN'
SUBSTANCE ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES 1013 AND 1014. FRAMES.751 THRU 1200
HAVE BEEN RETITLED.
(3) .BOTH CAMERAS: RAIL SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT IN THE BORDER
AREAS, ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS-OF THE FILM.
E. AUXILIARY'DATA: THE FREQUENCY MARKS AND TIME WORDS WERE
NOT IMAGED ON EITHER CAMERA RECORD. THE FRAME COUNTER AND SERIAL .
NUMBER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.
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F. OTHER:
(1) FORW.ARD.CAMERA (I-6): THE'FRAME COUNTER READS 29 FOR
TITLED'FRAME 001. THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 1388.
(2) AFT CAMERA ' (I- 7) : THE FRAME COUNTER READS '31 FOR
TITLED,FRAME 003 (THE FIRST TITLED FRAME). THE PROCESSING FACILITY
TITLED THE MATERIAL.IN THIS MANNER SO THAT THE TITLED FRAMES AND
FRAME COUNTERS WOULD CORRESPOND FOR BOTH CAMERAS'.
4. POSITIVES: PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE-GOOD.
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