EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-055

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A001100030133-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 133
• Publication Date: December 11, 1968
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SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-055.
1. IMAGE QUALITY: THE OVERALL IMAGE QUALITY OF THIS MISSION IS.
POOR. AREAS OF GOOD IMAGERY. ARE PRESENT.IN THE MISSION, HOWEVER, MOST
OF THE IMAGERY APPEARS OUT OF-FOCUS .(SEE IMAGED DEGRADATIONS., PARA C.).
THE INTERPRETATION SUITABILITY OF THIS MISSION IS POOR. CLOUD COVER
AND HAZE OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY '30 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
2. MISSION DATA:
A. MISSION G-055 WAS FLOWN ON 5 DECEMBER 1968. DELTA III
CAMERA WITH. UNITS 17 (AFT-LOOKING) AND IS (FWD LOOKING) WAS
UTILIZED.
B. FILM TYPE 3404 WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION WITH A
WRATTEN 21 FILTER. PROCESSING WAS. ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH
SUPPCEN. THE MATERIAL WAS PROCESSED TO AN AVERAGE GAMMA OF 2.87
ON THE AFT AND 2.92 ON THE FWD.
3. ORIGINAL NEGATIVES:
A. EXPOSURE: ADEQUATE THROUGHOUT FOR BOTH UNITS.
B. DENSITY AND CONTRAST: GENERALLY MEDIUM FOR BOTH UNITS
DURING THE ENTIRE MISSION.
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C. IMAGE DEGRADATIONS:
(1) FWD CAMERA (IS): A PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS.
PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE FORMAT EDGE ON THE NON-
TITLED SIDE OF THE FRAME THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. AN OUT-
OF-FOCUS CONDITION'DEGRADES THE IMAGERY O.F EAC,H FRAME UP
TO 1.0 INCH (IN WIDTH) FROM THE TITLED EDGE AND 1.8
INCHES FROM THE NON-TITLED'EDGE. THE OUT-OF-FOCUS AREAS
VARY IN SIZE FROM FRAME TO FRAME AND ARE ALWAYS MORE SEVERE
AT THE START OF SCAN. BANDING IS PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING
OF SCAN FOR EACH FRAME.
(2) AFT CAMERA (17): THE FOG PATTERN WHICH HAS BEEN
AFFECTING TWO-THIRDS OF THE FILM WEB FOR PORTIONS OF THE
LAST THREE MISSIONS (DELTA III TESTS 1 AND 2; GLASS LAMP
G-052) IS PRESENT IN FRAMES 16 THRU 50 AND 162. THRU 227.
FRAMES 2 (THE FIRST TITLED FRAME) THRU 8 CONTAIN FOG
ASSOCIATED WITH A LIGHT LEAK. THE LAST FIVE FRAMES OF THE
MISSION (1111 THRU 1115) CONTAIN FOG ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA
SHUTDOWN. TWO MINUS DENSITY LINES PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR
AXIS OF THE FILM AND LOCATED 0.4 INCH AND O.6 INCH FROM
THE NON-TITLED EDGE ARE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. BANDING IS
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PRESENT IN THE FIRST 2.0 INCHES OF SCAN IN EACH FRAME. THE
SECONDARY IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHLY REFLECTIVE OBJECTS
ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. ERRATIC METERING IS
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AT THIS POINT THE FILM CAME OUT OF THE RAILS. THE MATERIAL
FROM THIS'POINT ON IS SERIOUSLY DEGRADED-BY HEAVY EMULSION
SCRATCHES, GOUGES AND CRIMP MARKS. IN ADDITION APPROXIMATELY
THE LAST EIGHT INCHES OF SCAN DISPLAYS GROSSLY SMEARED
IMAGERY WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE FRAME BEING OUT-AOF-FOCUS
IN VARYING.DEGREES.
D. PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS: .
(1) FWD CAMERA (IS): RAIL SCRATCHES ARE, PRESENT ALONG
BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM. THE MISSION MATERIAL CONTAINS THREE
HEAT SPLICES.
(2) AFT'CAMERA (17): RAIL SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT ALONG
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BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM. THE MISSION. MATERIAL CONTAINS THREE
HEAT SPLICES. SCRATCHES; CREASES AND CRIMP MARKS ASSOCIATED
GITTH.THE CAMERA. MALFUNCT-ION ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES 591 THRU
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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: THE MATERIAL WAS TITLED BY THE PROCESSING FACILITY
SO THAT TITLED FRAME NUMBERS AND EVENTS COUNTER NUMBERS CORRESPOND
FOR THE TWO UNITS.
4. POSITIVES:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD..
B. NRTSC PRINTED THE DUPES ON-FIVE INCH STOCK BECAUSE THEIR
SUPPLY OF 700MYi"M DUPE STOCK WAS EXHAUSTED.
S E C R E T
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