CAMERA B-23 WAS USED IN MISSION 8113 FLOWN ON 15 AUGUST 1966.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000600190037-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: August 19, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. CAMERA B-23 WAS USED IN MISSION 8113 FLOWN ON 15 AUGUST 1966.
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: LIGHT LEAKS ARE PRESENT ON FRAME 1053, WITH
EQUIPMENT IMAGED ON FRAME 2109. MINUS DENSITY STREAKS ARE INTER-_ _Ic,i)
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MITTErJTLY PRESENT ON THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD FORMAT EDGES PARAL Pn
WITH THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM. EMULSION DEFECTS ARE INTERMITTj
ON FRAME 1075 AN EMULSION PULL CAUSED BY A SPLICE IS PRESENT;
HANDLING MARKS WERE OCCASIONALLY OBSERVED ELSEWHERE, BUT WERE 0
MINOR NATURE. BREAKDOWN SPLICES ARE ON FRAMES 1627/1628, 914/91y5q
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918/919, 930/931, 971/972, 40/41, AND THROUGH 1076. A MANUFACTUR
SPLICE WAS NOTED BETWEEN FRAMES 1126/1127. A RUFFLED INBOARD EDGE ,6vince';o '
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WAS NOTED FROM FRAME 880/900. PLUS DENSITY MARKS (4) WERE PRESENT
ONE IIJCH FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM AND 3 INCHES APART
INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
C. 9L SIDE: TYPICAL DEGRADATIONS DUE TO CAMERA START-UP
ARE EVIDENCED IN FRAME 0002; DEGRADATIONS DUE TO CAMERA SHUT-DOWN
IN FRAME 2114. EDGE FOG, STATIC AND ROLLER CHATTER ARE PRESENT
ALONG BOTH EDGES, HOWEVER, THE ROLLER CHATTER ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE
IN MINOR AND DOES NOT ENTER THE FORMAT AREA. FROM FRAMES 0002
THROUGH 0087, MINUS DENSITY DOTS 1.7 INCHES APART APPEAR IN A
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NUMBER OF PARALLEL BANDS, THE MOST PROMINENT AND CONSISTENT OF WHICH
IS 4.:1 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. BECAUSE OF AN IMPROPER PRE-
SPLICE` CUT IN FRAME 1042, A SMALL PIECE OF THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
WAS CUT OUT. A HEAT SPLICE ALSO APPEARS BETWEEN FRAMES 0913 AND
0914. THERE IS A CREASE TOWARD THE BASE ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE
IN FRAMES 0909 AND 0910. A DIAGONAL CREASE TOWARD THE BASE ACROSS
THE M::NOR AXIS IS PRESENT AT THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF FRAME 1201. A
MANUFi CTURER' S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 0125.
I). SLIGHT FOGGING PROBABLY CAUSED BY INTERNAL REFLECTIONS,
IS FOUND IN FRAMES 0001, 0005, 0021 AND 0025. THE MISSION IS
TITLED FROM 0001 THROUGH 2117.
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NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS ARE EVIDENT.
POSITIVE:
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PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
CLOUDS AND HAZE DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT OF THIS
MISSION.
S E C R E T
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