EVALUATION OF MISSION C036C

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000200070020-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2008
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: April 12, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: EVALUATION OF MISSION C036C
1. CAMERA B 120 WAS USED IN MISSION C036C FLOWN ON 28 MARCH
1966. (DATA CHAMBER INFORMATION GIVES THE MISSION DATE AS 27
MARCH 1966). PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIELD.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: MINOR ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT ALONG THE
INBOARD EDGE. ALSO, THERE ARE MINUS DENSITY DOTS 1.7" APART ALONG
THE MAJOR AXIS AND 3.8" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. ON
APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 500 FRAMES, MINOR KNIFE-EDGE FOG IS PRESENT
ALONG BOTH EDGES. FROM FRAMES 900 TO 1100 THERE IS INTERMITTENT
ROLLER CHATTER ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE
IS PRESENT IN FRAME 1061. STATIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTION-
ED SPLICE IS FOUND IN FRAME 1063. FRAMES 1813 TO 1815 ARE CREASED
TOWARD THE EMULSION NEAR THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM.
C. 9L SIDE: SEVERE EMULSION DIGS ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES
10 AND 12. STATIC IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION ALONG THE
OUTBOARD EDGE AND INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE. ROLLER
CHATTER IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM BUT
MORE FREQUENTLY ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE. DIAGONAL PLUS DENSITY
STREAKS APPROXIMATELY 2.0" APART AND 1 1/4" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE
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BEGIN AROUND FRAME 1600 AND CONTINUE TO THE END OF THE MISSION.
PLUS DENSITY DOTS APPROXIMATELY 1.0" APART AND 3/4" FROM THE INBOARD
EDGE ARE PRESENT IN ABOUT 12 FRAMES TOWARD THE END OF THE MISSION.
FOREIGN MATTER IS ADHERED TO THE BASE IN FRAME 438. MANUFACTURER'S
SPLICES ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES 159 AND 1357. FOG IS ASSOCIATED
WITH BOTH OF THESE SPLICES. CRIMPS AND HANDLING MARKS WERE NOTED
AROUND MOST SPLICES.
D. BOTH SIDES: PROCESSING STREAKS ARE PRESENT ON THE 9L
SIDE AND INTERMITTENTLY ON THE FIRST 28 FRAMES THROUGHOUT THE 9R
SIDE OF THE MISSION. TITLE FLAKING AND TRANSFER WERE NOTED IN
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VARYING DEGREES THROUGHOUT. THE MISSION IS TITLED FROM 005 (COUNTER
NO.
120) TO 1939 (COUNTER NO. 2414).
3.
E.
NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS WERE NOTED.
POSITIVE:
A.
B.
C.
PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
PRINTING AND PROCESSING IS GOOD.
CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF THE
MISSION.
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