EVALUATION OF MISSION C216C

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000200090006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 8, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECTs EVALUATION OF MISSION ~C-
1. G`AMERA g-22 IRiAS USED IN MISSION C216C FLOWN ON 26 NOVEMBER
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIELD.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. DENSITY AND RESOLUTION ARE G007.
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B. 9R SID??: EDGE STATIC IS PRESE~]T ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THEM
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FILM. PLUS Dr'dSITY SPOTS ASSOCIATED ~a!ITH ROLLER C!-!ATTER ARE
PRESENT THROU!~HOUT THE MISSION. PROCESSING STAINS WERE NOTED AT
THE OUT30ARD EDGE OF FRAMES 0006 AND 0836. A REFLECTION FROM THE_
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VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR IS PRESENT IV THE FORMAT ON ALL FRAMES AND ~ ~ -l ~'~,, ~ t 1
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IS MORE DETECTA3LE OVER LO~~~ DENSITY AREAS. A !~!AVERING PLUS DE NSI'~~'Y-"~~ :~,s ~ ?:
LINE IS PRESENT IN FRAMES 1486 AND 1487. NEAT SPLICES ARE NOTED ~~ fts i -
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BETWEEN FRAMES 141/142 414/415 547/548 835/836 AND 1233/1234. ~ ~
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A MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS LOCATED IN FRAME 884.
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C. 9L SIDE: EDGE STATIC IS PRESENT ALONG BOTH EDGES OF THE ;_~ r1 ~,~.a?~?~`'.,-
FILM. PLUS DENSITY SPOTS ASSOCIATED WITH ROLLER CHATTER LOCATED '~ _~A._~_ ...~.~..,._....! ----
NEAR MID FOR^~AT AND THE OUT30ARD EDGE ARE PRES~;NT THROUGHOUT ,
THE MISSION. REFLECTIONS ASSOCIATED 4JITH THF_ VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR
LAMP POSITIO!~? iS PRESENT ON ALL FRAMES. A PROCESSING STAIN IS
PRESENT ON FRAME 401 OUTSIDE THE FORMAT NEAR THE DATA DLOCK EDGE.
OPAQUE HEAT SPLICES ARE PRESENT 9ETl~JEEN FRAMES 151/152, 4?3/424,
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S?5/S?_.6, AND 12?3/1??4 ANO A "IANUFACTUP''?S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN
FRAME 665.
'J. ~30T~-{ SIDES: STREAK~'n OR BLURP,ED IMAGERY ASSOCIATED G~~ITH
VE4ICLE MANEUVERS hIAS OBSERVED 0'~I 11 F?A~~.ES. THE LAST TITLED
FRAME IS 1540.
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THERE tR1ERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS.
POSITIVE:
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PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE ^00~.
CLOUDS 03SCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXI"iATELY 10 PERCENT OF
THE MISSION.
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