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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200030028-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: March 25, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. MISSION 8080 WAS FLOWN 24 MARCH 1966 USING CAMERA B-7.
THE FILM WAS PROCESSED AT NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS GOOD ON THE FIRST 660 FRAMES. A SHUTTER-/''
MALFUNCTION CAUSED EXTREME OVEREXPOSURE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER
OF THE MISSION (SEE PARAGRAPH D). THE RESOLUTION IN THE FIRST
660 FRAMES IS FAIR TO GOOD. HAZE IS THE DEGRADING FACTOR. THE
IMAGERY AT THE NON-DATA BLOCK END OF EACH FRAME IS SLIGHTLY MORE
ACUTE THAN THAT NEAR THE OPPOSITE END OF THE FRAME. THE DIFFERS
IS NOT AS EXTREME AS ON THE RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY FROM CAMERA B-15.
ALSO, HEAVY HAZE THROUGHOUT THE USABLE PART OF THE MISSION PRE-
CLUDES A DETAILED ANALYSIS. THEREFORE, THIS IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS
IS SUBJECT TO QUALIFICATIONS.
B. 9R SIDE: THE CAMERA POSITION INDICATORS ARE EITHER VERY
LIGHT OR MISSING COMPLETELY ON THE USABLE PART OF THE MISSION.
ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION
AND ON THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THE USABLE SECTION. EDGE STATIC
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IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT. HANDLING
MARKS AND EMULSION ABRASIONS ARE APPARENT IN THAT AREA OF THE FILM
WHERE THE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED, EXPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING AND END
OF EACH CAN AND AT THE HEAT SPLICE BETWEEN THE USABLE AND NON-
USABLE PARTS OF THE MISSION. A TEAR IN THE FILM, WHICH WAS REPAIRED
WITH TAPE APPLIED TO THE BASE, IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFORE-
MENTIONED SPLICE. A MINUS DENSITY STREAK 1.4 INCHES LONG IS PRESENT
IN FRAME 3. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS FOUND IN FRAME 1249.
C. 9L SIDE: FOG, DUE TO STATIC DISCHARGES, IS MINOR AND
INTERMITTENT ALONG BOTH FILM EDGES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. PLUS
DENSITY SPOTS, SIMILAR TO THOSE USUALLY REFERRED TO AS ROLLER CHATTER,
APPEAR 0.5 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD FILM EDGE, EACH 1.7 INCHES ALONG
THE MAJOR AXIS. THE PLUS DENSITY SPOTS ARE OF LOW DENSITY AND
ARE NOT A SERIOUSLY DEGRADING FACTOR. THE DENSITY OF THE POSITION
INDICATOR LAMP IMAGES OSCULATE THROUGHOUT THE USABLE PART OF THE
MISSION. ON MANY FRAMES THE LAMP IMAGES ARE NOT DETECTABLE.
THERE IS A ROW OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS 2.2 INCHES FROM AND PARALLEL
TO THE INBOARD FILM EDGE THROUGHOUT THE FIRST 600 FRAMES. THE DOTS
ARE SPACED 1.55 INCHES APART ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS. THEY ARE PRO-
NOUNCED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION AND BECOME FAINT AS THE
MISSION PROGRESSES.
D. THE SHUTTER BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION AT FRAME 661. IT REMAINED
OPEN CONTINUALLY DURING TRANSPORT ON THE FOLLOWING FRAMES: 661-
952, 954-989, 991-1028, 1031-1047, 1049-1073, 1083-1094, 1219-1231.
ON THE FOLLOWING FRAMES THE SHUTTER WAS CLOSED WHILE THE FILM WAS
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BEING TRANSPOR BUT WAS OPEN THROUGHOUT E REST OF THE CYCLE,
IE, VACUUM APPLIED, SHUTTER OPEN, DATA CHAMBER EXPOSED, VACUUM
RELEASED' SHUTTER CLOSES, FILM TRANSPORTS, REPEAT CYCLE. FRAMES:
952-954,'9$9-99?, 1029-1031, 1047-1048, 1073-1052, 1095-1219,
1232-1879. FRAMES 1392 AND 1393 WERE NORMALLY EXPOSED. THE IMAGE
QUALITY OF THE TWO FRAMES IS GOOD. ALL FRAMES INDICATED HERE AS
BEING AFFECTED BY THE SHUTTER MALFUNCTION ARE GROSSLY OVEREXPOSED
AND ARE UNSUITABLE FOR PHOTO-INTERPRETATION. THE DATA CHAMBER
FRAME NUMBER ON THE LAST FRAME IS 1979 ON THE 9L SIDE AND 1878 ON
THE 9R SIDE.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING ANOMALIES.
3. POSITIVES:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WAS GOOD. THE PI SUITABILITY
IS COMMENSURATE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF THE USABLE PART OF THE FILM
AND IS THEREFORE, FAIR TO GOOD.
B. CLOUDS AND HAZE OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 60
PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
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