EVALUATION OF MISSION C156C

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000200080016-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 7, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ : EVALUATION OF MISSION C 156C
1. CAMERA B-228 WAS USED IN MISN C 156C FLOWN ON 16 AUGUST
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIELD.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
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A. EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND RESOLUTION IS FAIR TO GOOD. / 11
SLIGHTLY DEGRADED IMAGERY IS EITHER DUE TO A POSSIBLE GROUND AZE {
CONDITION OR HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION. A MORE POSITIVE CAUSE OF
THIS DEGRADATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BECAUSE OF AN EARLY
ABORTION OF THE MISSION AND LITTLE CULTURAL COVERAGE.
B. 9R SIDE: EVIDENCE OF EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ON BOTH 3f
INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. SMALL FOGGED
AREAS, CAUSED BY CAMERA OFF/ON OPERATIONS, APPEAR ON FRAMES
0007, 0028, 002-, 0032, 0093, 0094, 0097, 1082, 1083. MINOR EDGE
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MISSION. HEAT SPLICES APPEAR BETWEEN FRAMES 0813/0814, 0278/0279,
AND 0544/0545.
C. 9L SIDE: EVIDENCE OF ROLLER CHATTER 0.7 INCHES FROM T E
OUTBOARD FORMAT EDGE, AND INBOARD EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT T ROUGH-
OUT THE MISSION. MINUS DENSITY DOTS APPEAR 7.75 INCHES FROM T E
OUTBOARD EDGE AT 1.7 INCH INTERVALS ALONG MAJOR AXIS THROUGHOUT
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THE MISSION. ASSOCIATED WITH CAME. - FF/ON OPERATIONS APPEAR
ON FRAt 4002, 0031, AND 0032. EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL REFLECTION
FROM THE CAMERA FORMAT EDGE IS PRESENT ON THE TAKEUP, SUPPLY AND
OUTBOARD EDGES OF THE FORMAT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. ALSO, INTERNAL
REFLECTION FROM THE VERTICAL LAMP INDICATOR IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION. PLUS DENSITY SPOTS APPEAR 3.3 INCHES FROM THE OUT-
BOARD FORMAT EDGE, AND INTERMITTENTLY AT 4.5" INTERVALS ALONG THE
MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM FROM FRAME 0177 TO 0179. A HEAT SPLICE IS
PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES 0281/0282 AND 0533/0534.
D. BOTH SIDES: PINHOLES, EMULSION SCRATCHES, AND HANDLING
MARKS ARE INTERMITTENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. SHORT, ARC SHAPED
PLUS DENSITY STREAKS ARE PRESENT SLIGHTLY INSIDE THE INBOARD FORMAT
EDGES. THESE STREAKS APPEAR INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
MISSION ON THE 9L FILM. ON THE 9R FILM THEY ORIGINATE ON FRAME
0558, AND ARE INTERMITTENT THEREAFTER. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED
WHETHER THESE STREAKS ARE CAUSED FROM CAMERA OPERATION OR PROCESSING.
THE FIRST TITLED FRAME OF THE MISSION IS 0006 AND THE ASSOCIATED
CLOCK NUMBER IS 0002. THE LAST TITLED FRAME OF THE MISSION IS 1084
AND THE ASSOCIATED CLOCK NUMBER IS 1080.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY WAS REPORTED AS SATISFACTORY.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE ADEQUATE.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF T:E
MISSION.
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