EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-052

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A001100030072-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: December 3, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: EVALUATION'OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-052
1. IMAGE QUALITY: THE OVERALL IMAGE QUALITY OF THIS MISSION IS
FAIR. INTERMITTENT SMALL OUT-OF-FOCUS AREAS ARE PRESENT IN APPROX-
IMATELY THE FIRST 600 FRAMES OF THE FORWARD AND AFT MATERIALS. A
GRADUAL CHANGE. IN IMAGE QUALITY IS APPARENT FROM THE BEGINNING OF....... THE MISSION TO THE END (FAIR TO GOOD). INTERPRETATION SUITABILITY OF
THIS MISSION IS FAIR. CLOUD COVER AND HAZE OBSCURE APPROXIM
PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE MISSION.
2. MISSION DATA:
A. GLASS LAMP MISSION .G-052 WAS FLOWN ON 25 NOVEMBE
USING A DELTA III CAMERA.SYSTEM WITH UNITS I-8 (FORWARD LOO
I-7 (AFT LOOKING).
B. FILM TYPE 3404'WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION W
EXPOSURE OF 1/450 AND A WRATTEN 21 FILTER. T-HE -ORIGINAL NEG
WERE PROCESSED WITH MX 578" IN A VERSAMAT AT AN AVERAGE GAMM
FOR THE FORWARD CAMERA NEGATIVES AND'.2."91 FOR THE AFT CAMER a'S
NEGATIVES.
3. ORIGINAL NEGATIVES: 11
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A. EXPOSURE: ADEQUATE THROUG,HOUTTHE MISSION FOR BO
B. DENSITY AND CONTRAST`:. GENERALLY MEDIUM . FOR 'BOTH
.DURING THE ENTIRE MISSION.
C. IMAGE DEGRADATIONS:
(1) FORWARD CAMERA (1-8): A PLUS DENSITY LINE PA
THE MAJOR AXIS AND LOCATED 0.3 INCHES FROM THE. TITLED EDGE
IN AND. BETWEEN ALL FRAMES. A.MINUS DENSITY LINE PARALLEL TO
MAJOR AXIS IS LOCATED 0.95 INCHES FROM THE TITLED EDGE THRO
THE MISSION. THE SECONDARY IMAGES REPORTED ON THE TEST MISS
NOT NOTICEABLE. (DELTA III TEST 1.OF.13 NOVEMBER 1968 AND T
14 NOVEMBER 1968). THE LAST SIX FRAMES CONTAIN FOGGING ASSO
WITH CAMERA SHUTDOWN. .
(2) AFT CAMERA (I-7): A MINUS DENSITY LINE?P,ARAL
THE MAJOR AXIS OF.THE FILM IS LOCATED 0.6 INCHES FROM THE T
EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE FIRST SIX FRAMES (TITLED 3
CONTAIN SPLASHES OF FOG SPACED APPROXIMATELY 48 INCHES APAR
FRAMES 141 THRU 169 AND 178 THRU 203',CONTAIN A FOG PATTERN OF Ate, ANCP CZ
MODERATE DENSITY WHICH DEGRADES APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE SAij1
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ENTIRE FILM. WEB. THE 'FOG EXTENDS FROM THE NON-TITLED EDGE TOWARDyITjj 1=
THE CENTER OF FORMAT-. A SIMILAR FOG PATTERN WAS PRESENT IW'THE TWO
MISSION. A FOUR INCH SEGMENT OF FRAME 689 CONTAINS AHEAT SPLICE AT
(1) FORWARD CAMERA (1-8): FOUR SPLICES ARE PRESENT IN THIS
THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION. 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
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 ALONG BOTH
EDGES INTERMITTENTLY.
D. PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS:
iQ~ ST MISSIONS. HOWEVER. IN BOTH TESTS. THE FOGGING OCCURRED NEAR
ONE END AND A TAPE REPAIRED-TEAR AT THE OTHER END. FRAMES 675 THRU
1015 HAVE BEEN RETITLED.
(2) AFT CAMERA (I-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 75-1 THRU 120
'HAVE BEEN. RETITLED.
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AREASo_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. -
F. OTHER:
(1) FORWARD CAMERA (I'-8): 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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