TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF MISSION(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP69B00041R000300010010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 29, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ:
S E C R E T
TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF MISSION
P. MISSION NUMBER:
2. CAMERA NUMBER /SERIAL NUMBER/FOOTAGE PROCESSED:
TYPE I/G/3902
3. TYPE OF FILM: 3404
4. QUALITY EVALUATION:
A. EXPOSURE *# THE NEGATIVES ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE
MISSION ARE UNDEREXPOSED 9 ESPECIALLY AFT CAMERA FRAMES. IMAGE
DEGRADATION IS APPARENT BUT NOT SEVERE. FULL PROCESSING WAS
NECESSARY FOR THE ENTIRE MISSION TO PROVIDE NEGATIVES OF
ADEQUATE DENSITY.
B. METERING a NORMAL. THE FWD ANDFT CAMERA FRAMES
OVERLAP THROUGH THE DATA BLOCK AREAS APPROXIMATELY 4.0 INCHES
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ON SRAMES 51 THROUGH 501. THIS IS THE RESULT OF IVPPOPER SCAN
SYNCHRONIZATION AND NOT METERING AS REPORTED It" PREVIOUS
PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS. SMEARED (ELONGATED) IMAGERY IN THE
SCAN DIRECTION IS PRESENT ON THESE FRAMES; HOWEVER, DEGRADATION
IS NOT SEVERE.
C. DATA RECORDING: OPERATIONAL THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
D. PHYSICAL DE'FEC'TS: FOREIGN MATTER IN THE SLIT APERTURE
CAUSED MINOR THIN DENSITY STREAKS ON THE AFT CAF-EPA
FRAMES. OTHER PHYSICAL DEFECTS ARE MINIMAL.
E. WEATHER: TWENTY PERCENT CLOUD COVER.
5. REMARKS% IMAGE QUALITY ON FRAMES 503 THROUGH THE END OF
THE MISSION IS GOOD AND COMPARABLE OR SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN
MISSIONS PSX 101 AND PSX903. IMAGF DEGRADATION IS PRESENT ON
APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 500 FRAMES AS A. RESULT OF THE SCAM
SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEMS MFNT IONED IN IIEN 4S. NO INERTIAL
NAVIGATION SYSTE4 (INS) DATA WAS RECEIVED FOP FRAMES 1, 467 THROUGH
483, 657 T1 LOUGH 1189 AND 1511 THROUGH 1535. DATA FOR FRAMES
19 THROUGH 31, 485 THROUGH 495, :639 THROUGH 6.49 AND 1191 THROUGH
1 195 APE INACCURATE IN THE FINAL FRAME EPHEMERIS BECAUSE
OF INSUFFICIENT INS DATA .
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SUBJECT: DATA BASE QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY ACCOMPLISHED BY MISSION
BLACK SHIELD,
FLOWN 20 JUNE 1967 OVER TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM.
A.
DATA BASE QUALITY
2C
184
8A
414
2C
185
8A
415
2C
186
8B
353
2C
187
88
366
2C
190
8B
367
4C
28
8B
368-
8A
48
B.
NON DATA BASE QUALITY
2C
367
(SCALE,
OBLIQUE)
2C
967
(SCALE,
OBLIQUE)
4C
112
(SCALE,
OBLIQUE)
7C
12
(SCALE ,
OBLIQUE)
8A
50
(SCATTERED CLOUDS)
8A
416
(SCALE, OBLIQUE)
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