CAMERA B 7 WAS USED IN MISSION 8086 FLOWN ON 15 APRIL 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000600190061-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: April 19, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. CAMERA B 7 WAS USED IN MISSION 8086 FLOWN ON 15 APRIL
1966. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECON TECH SUPPCEN9
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVES
A. EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: SLIGHT AND INTERMITTENT ROLLER CHAT TER AND EDGE
STATIC WAS FOUND ON THE OUTBOARD SIDE. VERY SLIGHT EDGE STATIC WAS
FOUND ON THE INBOARD EDGE. ALSO, ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT ON
THE INBOARD EDGE. MINES DENSITY STREAKS THROUGH THE INBOARD 19 APR 1966
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EDGE ROLLER- CHATTER DEGRADE THE FIRST 600 FRAMES OF THE MISSION. / 1'
PINHOLES WERE NOTED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT. A STREAK OF SMALL
PINHOLE-LIKE DIGS ABOUT 1 1/2" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE WERE NOTED
FROM APPROXIMATELY FRAME 1357 TO FRAME 1837. MANY FINE PLUS DENSITY
STREAKS PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS BECOME APPARENT DURING. THE LAST ~-~'
HALF OF THE MISSION.. EMULSION DEFECTS WERE FOUND IN FRAMES 0671?,
1630/1631 AND 1689/1690.. FAINT IMAGING OF THE OTHER POSITION
INDICATORS OCCUR WHEN THE CAMERA IS IN THE IL AND 2L POSITIONS.
OUTBOARD EDGE "SCALLOPING" WAS NOTED BETWEEN FRAMES 2086 AND 2100.
'SLIGHT FOG IS PRESENT IN FRAMES 1471 p 21611 2267 AND 2717. A SLIGHT..
STAIN WAS FOUND ON FRAME 2716. THE POSITION INDICATOR IS MISSING
ON FRAME 2715. A HEAT SPLICE WAS NOTED IN FRAME.1346 AND A MANU-
FACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRAME 0511. TITLE FLAKING OCCURS
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IN VARYING DEGREES THROUGHOUT.
9L SIDEt PRESSURE ROLLER STATIC (CHATTER), EDGE FOG AND
SPOTS OF EDGE STATIC ARE PRESENT ALONG BDTH EDGES INTERMITTENTLY
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. SMALL FO PATCHES OCCUR ACROSS THE OUTBOARD
BORDER AND PARTIALLY INTO THE FOR! OF FRAMES 130 AND 1081.
SEVERAL INTERMITTENT PLUS DENSITY STREAKS ARE PRESENT ON THE OUTBOARD
HALF OF THE FILM. THEY OCCUR AFTER THE NEAT SPLICE MADE IN FRAME
1340 AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF T E MISSION. A MANUFACTURER'S
SPLICE WAS MADE IN FRAME 1221.
D. BOTH SIDES: LIGHT PLUS DENSITY AREAS PRODUCED BY FLARE
FRO* THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR LAMP WERE NOTED ON MOST FRAMES.
THE FRAMES ARE TITLED FROM 9001 TO 2717.
E0 THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS.
3. POSITIVEs
A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR DUE TO HAZE AND CLOUD COVER.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
Co CLOUDS AND HAZE DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF THE
MISSION..
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