CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION GL 8116 FLOWN ON 26 AUGUST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000600190034-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: September 1, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. CAMERA B-15 WAS USED IN MISSION GL 9116 FLOWN ON 26 AUGUST
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
q,. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE. THE RESOLUTION IS ONLY FAIR
BECAUSE OF A SLIGHT DEGRADATION DUE TO ATMOSPHERICS.
5. 9R SIDE: A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT ON FRAME
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AND FRAME 1482. AN ULTRASONIC SPLICE OCCURS BETWEEN FRAMES 1503
AND 1'584, A FLARE MARK LOCATED ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF
THE CLOCK FORMAT IS FOUND ON ALL FRAMES. IT EXHIBITS VARYING
DEGREES OF DENSITY, ALL OF A MINOR NATURE. A MINUS DENSITY MARK
PARALLEL TO THE MINOR AXIS OF THE FILM OCCURS ON FRAME 33 AND IS
RELIEVED TO BE DESENSITIZATION CAUSED BY THE SPLICE ON FRAME 36.
A LARGE NUMBER OF PINHOLES FROM FRAME 33 TO FRAME 36 ARE ALSO
BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE SAME SPLICE. A TEAR IN THE FILM IS
LOCATED ON FRAME 1200 AND A 0.3" GASH IN THE EMULSION APPEARS ON
ON FRAME 1631. AN EMULSION DEFECT IS PRESENT ON FRAME 318. MINUS
DENSITY DOTS 1.T" APART APPEAR 1.1" FROM THE INBOARD FORMAT EDGE
AND RUN HEAD TO TAIL THROUGHOUT THE MISSION (EXAMPLE: FRAME 690)
ON ALL. FRAMES. AN INTERNAL REFLECTION AT THE TAKE-UP FORMAT EDGE
IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
i;. 9L SIDE: OUTBOARD EDGE STATIC AND INBOARD ROLLER CHATTER
IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A TRANSVERSE STREAK OF FOG IS
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PRESENT FROM EDGE TO EDGE AND 12 INCHES FROM THE TAKE-UP END OF
FRAME 0001. EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL REFLECTION FROM THE CAMERA FORMAT
EDGE IS PRESENT AROUND THE DATA BLOCK AND SUPPLY END OF THE FORMAT v
ALSO, INTERNAL REFLECTION FROM VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR MECHANISM IS
PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. SMEARING OF THE TITLE LACQUER INTO
THE IMAGERY IS PRESENT APPROXIMATELY 0.85" AFTER THE LAST DIGIT OF
THE FRAME NUMBER IN EACH FRAME OF THE MISSION. NUMEROUS PINHOLES
ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. MANUFACTURING SPLICES WITH ASSOCIA-
TED PINHOLES APPEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF FRAMES 1239 AND 1750. MINUS
DENSITY DOTS SPACED AT 1.7" INTERVALS APPEAR ON FRAME 0001 AND DIMINISH
BEFORE THE END OF THE MISSION. THE ABOVE MENTIONED MINUS DENSITY
DOTS THAT ARE 2.0" AND 5.1" FROM THE OUTBOARD FORMAT EDGE DIMINISH
BY FRAME 0020; MINUS DENSITY DOTS 0.9" AND 7.05" FROM THE OUTBOARD
FORMAT EDGE DIMINISH BY FRAME 0150 AND MINUS DENSITY DOTS 1.9"
FROM THE OUTBOARD FORMAT EDGE DIMINISH BY FRAME 1550.
D BOTH SIDES: THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 2324.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY RANGED FROM FAIR TO GOOD BECAUSE OF GROUND
HAZE*
S, PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE ADEQUATE.
C. FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE MISSION IS DEGRADED BY CLOUD
COVER AND HAZE*
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