EVALUATION OF BLACK SHIELD MISSION BX 6734

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03817A000100030045-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: December 1, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF BLACK SHIELD MISSION BX 6734
1. CAMERA TYPE I (115A), UNIT E WAS USED ON MISSION BX 6734.
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIELD. THERE ARE 1089
TITLED FRAMES IN THIS MISSION.
2. BOTH CAMERAS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION
DURING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL PORTIONS OF THE FLIGHT GROUND RES-
25X1CLUTION5 (ONE BAR PLUS ONE SPACE) WERE ACHIEVED
NEAR VERT .
3. THE EXPOSURE AND PROCESSING WERE ADEQUATE.
4. MINUS DENSITY LINES PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS WERE PRESENT
IN ALL AFT FRAMES 0.6 AND 1.8 INCHES FROM THE LEADING EDGE;
DEGRADATION IS MINOR. A FAINT MINUS DENSITY LINE 1.4 INCHES
FROM TRAILING EDGE OF THE FORWARD FRAMES OCCURS INTERMITT-
ENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. ALL FORWARD FRAMES ARE 0.9
INCHES SHORT, WHEN COMPARED TO SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS. FROM
3.5 TO 10 INCHES OF THE TIME TRACK IS MISSING AT THE TITLED
END OF FORWARD FRAMES 709, 731, 733, 745, 867, AND 871.
MINOR EMULSION SCRATCHES AND DIGS WERE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION. THE DATA CHAMBER ENTERED THE FORMAT ON FRAMES 13,
277, 660, 827.
5. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
6. THE ZERO PRIORITY AND REGULAR REPRODUCTIONS APPEAR TO
BE OF EQUAL QUALITY.
7. NO CORRELATION WAS ACHIEVED BECAUSE OF AN INS/SC
AND DM MALFUNCTION.
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NGA review(s) completed.
Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP78B03817A000100030045-2