EVALUATION OF BLACK SHIELD MISSION BX 6732

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03817A000100030046-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: November 30, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF BLACK SHIELD MISSION BX 6732
1. CAMERA TYPE I (115A) UNIT F WAS USED ON MISSION BX 6732.
THE MISSION WAS PROCESSED IN THE FIELD AND CONTAINS 880 TITLED
FRAMES.
2. BOTH CAMERAS RATED SATISFACTORILY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION;
OPERATED
HOWEVER, THE IMAGERY DOES NOT APPEAR QUITE AS SHARP AS SEEN ON
PREVIOUS MISSIONS. IN PORTIONS OF THE MISSION WHERE THE VEHICLE
WAS IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT AND THE CAMERA WAS UNCAGED,
ESTIMATED GROUND RESOLUTIONS (BAR PLUS SPACE) ERE
ACHIEVED ON BOTH THE FORWARD AND AFT MATERIAL. RESOLUTION STATEMEN,
REFER TO IMAGERY IN THE NEAR VERTICAL PORTION OF THE FRAMES.
3. AFT FRAMES 34 THROUGH 64 ARE UNDEREXPOSED. OTHER FRAMES IN
THE SAME AREA COVER 100 PERCENT WATER AND EXPOSURE CAN NOT BE
ACCURATELY EVALUATED. FORWARD FRAMES 533 THROUGH 575 ARE UNDER-
ADEQUATE.-
EXPOSED. THE EXPOSURE OF THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION IS
--A FAINT PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS PRESENT ONE INCH FROM THE
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DATA BLOCK EDGE, AND A SECOND STREAK ONE INCH FROM THE TITLED EDGE. ,-v
THE STREAKS ARE INTERMITTENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND NO
DEGRADATION IS APPARENT. A BROWN CHEMICAL STAIN NEAR THE DATA
BLOCK IEDGE IS PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES 75/76, 151/152, 225/226,
301/302, 379/380, AND 455/456. THE DATA BLOCK ENCROACHES INTO THE
FORWARD CAMERA IMAGERY INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
5. CLOUDS OBSCURE 40 PERCENT OF THE MISSION. GROUND HAZE IS
MINIMAL AND IN CLOUD FREE AREAS, FAIR QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY IS
AVAILABLE.
6. THE ZERO PRIORITY REPRODUCTIONS AND REGULAR REPRODUCTIONS
APPEAR TO BE OF EQUAL QUALITY.
7. THE INS TAPE TO FILM CORRELATION WAS SATISFACTORY. THE
LATITUDE AND LONTITUDE HAVE A BIAS OF 12 TO 14 MINUTES OF ARC.
THE VELOCITY HAS A CONSTANT BIAS OF 532 KNOTS. THE TIME HAS A
BIAS OF ONE SECOND.
SECRET END OF MSG
NGA review(s) completed.
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