CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION 8078 FLOWN ON 17 MARCH 1966.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000600190070-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: March 19, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION 8078, FLOWN ON 17 MARCH 1966.
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE AFB. 2 1 MAR 1966
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: 7
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A. EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE, AND THE RESOLUTION IS EQUAL TO THE
PREVIOUS MISSION FLOWN WITH THIS CAMERA (FAIR TO GOOD).
B. 9R SIDE: PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE
FILM IS IN EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. MINUS DENSITY DOTS
SPACED 1.7" APART ARE LOCATED 1.0" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT
THE ("MISSION. A PLUS DENSITY LINE ABOUT 1.5" FROM THE INBOARD E?6*
RUNS THROUGH FRAMES 006 TO 008. CHEMICAL SPOTS OF VARIOUS SHAPES
ARE PRESENT ON THE EMULSION FROM FRAME 600 TO THE END. THESE SPOTS
ARE CONFINED TO THE 2" ADJACENT TO THE INBOARD EDGE FROM FRAME 600
TO 900 SPREAD TO THE ENTIRE FORMAT BETWEEN FRAMES 1354 AND 1480,
THEN APPEAR RANDOMLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION''}`
A DIAGONAL CREASE RUNS FROM THE OUTBOARD MARGIN OF FRAME 897 TO
EMULSION
MULTIPLE TEARS
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THE OUTBOARD FORMAT EDGE I
LIFTS, AND CREASING IS PRESENT IN FRAME 2396. THE TEARS WERE
REPAIRED WITH CLEAR TAPE APPLIED TO THE BASE. DIGS, CREASES,
AND EMULSION LIFTS ARE ALSO PRESENT ON FRAMES 2397 TO 2399.
PINHOLES AND HANDLING MARKS WERE NOTED AROUND ALL HEAT SPLICES AT
THE 13EGINNING AND END OF EACH PART. A MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS
PRESENT IN FRAME 589.
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C. 9L SIDE: EDGE FOG IS PRESENT ON BOTH INBOARD AND OUTBOARD
EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A SLIGHT OVERLAPPING OF FRAMES
APPEARS AT THE START OF THE MISSION, BUT CLEARS UP IMMEDIATELY.
EMULSION LIFTS ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT. FOREIGN
MATTER IS OCCASIONALLY FOUND ON THE EMULSION SIDE OF THE FILM.
ROLLER CHATTER ON THE INBOARD EDGE IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY.
CAMERA POSITION INDICATORS ARE EITHER VERY LIGHT OR MISSING ENTIRELY
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. TITLE FLAKING AND GHOSTING IS PRESENT IN
VARYING DEGREES THROUGHOUT. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE WAS FOUND
BETWEEN FRAMES 0914 AND 0915.
D. BOTH SIDES: EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH SIDES OF
THE FILM THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. PINHOLES WERE ALSO NOTED INTER-
MITTENTLY THROUGHOUT. THE FRAMES ON EACH SIDE OF THE MISSION ARE
TITLED FROM 0000 TO 2524.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS
APPARENT.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR.
B. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING WAS GOOD.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADED OR OBSCURED APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT OF
THE ('MISSION.
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