EVALUATION OF MISSION C116C

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000200080099-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 99
• Publication Date: May 17, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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EVALUATION OF MISSION C116C
1. MISSION C116C WAS FLOWN ON 5 MAY 1966 UTILIZING
CAMERA NUMBER D-8. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIELD.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS
GOOD. HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THE MISSION IS AFFECTED BY
HAZE, CAUSING THE APPARENT RESOLUTION IN THESE AREAS TO BE
ONLY FAIR.
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B. 9R SIDE: A WAVERING PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS II
LOCATED WITHIN 1.0" OF THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM THROUGH-
OUT. BOTH EDGES CONTAIN PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC (ROLLER CHATTER)
INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT. THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR IS
BLOOMED AT EACH OCCURRENCE. HEAT SPLICES ARE MADE BETWEEN
FRAMES 267/268 AND 654/655. A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE OCCURS
IN FRAME 953 WITH ASSOCIATED FOG PRESENT ON FRAMES 953/954
AND EMULSION LIFTS ON FRAMES 952 AND 954. THE LAST FRAME
CONTAINS 2 PLUS DENSITY STREKAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE FILM
EDGES. THESE ARE USUALLY PRESENT AT CAMERA OFF POSITIONS.
C. 9L SIDE: THE FIRST 9 FRAMES CONTAIN 2 WAVERING
PLUS DENSITY STREAKS. ONE OF THE ABOVE STREAKS OCCURS
INTERMITTENTLY TO THE END OF THE MISSION. THEY REMAIN
WITHIN 2.@1" OF THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. NUMEROUS
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SHORT, FINE SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT ON TH! FIRST 124 FRAMES.
A SCRATCH 1.66" FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE
FILM IS PRESENT ON FRAMES 19 THRU 83. A 3.0" WIDE PROCESSING
STAIN IS PRESENT EDGE TO EDGE ON FRAME 15. A CIRCULAR FOG
PATCH, THE SIZE OF THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR, IS BISECTED
BY THE FORMAT EDGE OF FRAME 164 (1L POSITION). THIS IS
LOCATED 1.7" FROM THE SUPPLY END OF THE FRAME. A SEMI-CIRCULAR
FOGGING, APPROXIMATELY 1.0" IN DIAMETER, EMANATES FROM THE FOG
PATCH AND INTO THE FORMAT AREA. A FINGER-LIKE FOG PATTERN,
APPROXIMATELY 1.0" WIDE AND 2.0" LONG, OCCURS ON FRAME M.
IT IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR BUT
FROM THE FORMAT EDGE INTO THE FORMAT. THERE IS A SMALL,
DISTINCT OBSTRUCTION IN THIS FOG PATTERN AT THE FORMAT EDGE
POSSIBLY CAUSED BY THE VERTICAL DOT LAMP HOUSING. A MANU-
FACTURER'S SPLICE AND THE USUAL PLUS AND MINUS DENSITY TRACES
OCCUR IN FRAME 173 WITH FOG MARKS FROM THIS SPLICE LOCATED IN
FRAME 175. HEAT SPLICES ARE MADE BETWEEN FRAMES 262/263 AND
663/664.
D. ROTH SIDES: A FEW FRAMES ARE GROSSLY STREAKED
ABOUT THE ROLL AXIS (EXAMPLE: FRAME 773). FRAMES ARE TITLED
CONSECUTIVELY FROM 0001 THRU 1024.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PRO-
CESSING PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD WHERE NOT DEGRADED BY
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ATMs SHER I C S.
O. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE "*D*
C. CLOVISOBSCURED APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT OF THE
MISSION,
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