CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION 8110 FLOWN ON 5 AUGUST 1966.

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August 8, 1966
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Approved For Release 2008/04/08: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000600190040-2 A 0 0UT59374 S E C R E T 082336Z CITE I 18037 1966 AUG 8 23 51 Z 25X1 25X1 1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION 8110 FLOWN ON 5 AUGUST 1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN. 2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: cy; , It. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD. 13. 9R SIDE: EVIDENCE OF ROLLER STATIC EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE MISSION ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE FILM, BUT BECOMES ONLY JUST NOTICE- i ABLE TOWARD THE END OF THE MISSION ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE. INBOARD i EDGE FOG IS ALSO PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. DIAGONAL FOG S1REA)CS ABOUT 2.5" LONG AND 0.3" WIDE EXTEND INTO THE FORMAT FROM A 1,0" WIDE BAND OF FOG EXTENDS ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE FILM IN FRAMEE3 821 AND 2320. A PLUS DENSITY WAVY LINE EXISTS PARALLEL TO AND APPROXIMATELY 1.0" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OF FRAMES 1043 TO 1050. HEAT SPLICES ARE LOCATED BETWEEN FRAMES 312/313, 652,653, 1223/1224t 1274/1275, 1501/1502, 2101/2102, 2105/2106, 2174/2175, AND THROUGH THE FORMAT OF FRAME 1129. A MANUFACTURING SPLICE WITH ASSOCIATED PINHOLES AND FOG EXISTS IN FRAME 907. C. 9L SIDE: EVIDENCE OF ROLLER STATIC ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE AND EDGE STATIC ALONG THE OUTBOARD EDGE EXIST THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A TRANSVERSE FOG STREAK 5.6" FROM THE SUPPLY EDGE EXISTS IN FRAME 0002. DIAGONAL FOG STREAKS ABOUT 095" WIDE AND 3" LONG EXTEND INTO THE FORMAT FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE IN FRAMES 1337, 1898, Approved For Release 2008/04/08: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000600190040-2 Approved For Release 2008/04/08: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000600190040-2 a 1949. A SLIGHT PLUS DENSITY BAND PARALLEL TO AND 2.6" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE APPEARS IN FRAME 1244 AND CONTINUES TO FRAME 1347 WHERE THE BAND CHANGES TO MULTIPLE PLUS DENSITY STREAKS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MISSION. THE MOST PREDOMINANT STREAK IS PRESENT 2.2" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. SLIGHT FOG THAT IS EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL REFLECTION FROM THE CAMERA FORMAT MASK APPEARS ALONG THE SUPPLY EDGE AND THE OUTBOARD TAKE-UP CORNER OF THE FORMAT THROUGH- OUT THE MISSION, A WAVERING EMULSION SCRATCH APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS AND 3.2" TO 4" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE IS PRESENT IN FRAMES 1490 TO 1492 AND 1494 TO 1497. HEAT SPLICES ARE LOCATED BETWEEN FRAMES 0301/0302, 0682/0683, 1501/1502v 2110/2111, 2116/2117, 2128/2129, AND THROUGH THE FORMAT OF FRAME 1237. A MANUFACTURING SPLICE WITH ASSOCIATED PINHOLES AND FOG EXISTS IN FRAME 1897. 11. BOTH SIDES OF THE MISSION CONTAIN VERY MINOR PROCESSING STREAKS. THE DATA CHAMBER MISLABELS THE MISSION AS 8111. THE FILM; HOWEVER, WAS TITLED CORRECTLY AS 8110. THE COUNTER IN THE DATA CHAMBER DID NOT CHANGE BETWEEN FRAMES TITLED 0001 AND 0002. EACH SIDE IS TITLED CORRECTLY FROM 0001 TO 2320. E. NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS OCCURRED DURING THE MISSION. 3. POSITIVE: t. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD. E. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING IS GOOD. Co CLOUDS DEGRADED OR OBSCURED 45 PERCENT OF THE MISSION. S E C R E T --END OF MESSAGE-- 1 1 Approved For Release 2008/04/08: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000600190040-2