EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-043

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000700010055-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: September 24, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-043
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1.
'-QUALITY SUMMARY: IMAGERY OBTAINED ON THIS MISSION IS S
THAN RECENT GLASS LAMP MISSIONS. THE GROUND RESOLUTION AND II
PRETATION SUITABILITY ARE GOOD WHERE ATM(PHERIC CONDITIONS DO
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DEGRADE THE IMAGERY. CLOUD COVER AND HAZE OBSCURE APPROXIMATE
71
PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE MISSION.
2. MISSION DATA:
A. THE STANDARD "B" CONFIGURATION CAMERA, UNIT NUMBER 1k
WAS USED IN MISSION G-043 FLOWN 21 SEPTEMBER 1965. MODE 5
WAS USED THROUGHOUT.
B. FILM TYPE 6401 WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RE CDNI TECH SUPPCEN.
C. CAMERA UNIT 10 HAS JUST COMPLETED OVERHAUL (IRAN)
BY THE MANUFACTURER AND MISSION G-043 IS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL
MISSION IN WHICH THE CAMERA HAS BEEN USED. THIS MISSION IS
THE FIRST OF RECENT GLASS LAMP MISSIONS TO USE FILM TYPE
3401
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3. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. EXPOSURE: THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION.
B. DENSITY AND CONTRAST ARE GENERALLY MEDIUM.
C. IMAGED DEGRADATIONS:
(1) 9R SIDE: A MINUS DENSITY AREA IN THE SHAPE OF A
SEMICIRCLE 1.0 INCH IN DIAMETER IS IMAGED NEAR THE DATA
1.
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BLOCK THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. ROLLER CHATTER IS PRESENT
ON THE TITLED EDGE OF THE FIRST 200 FRAi;ES. A ROW OF MINUS
DENSITY DOTS 2.3 INCHES APART, 6.J INCHES F RO0i THE TITLED
EDGE IS PRESENT ON FRAMES 856 TO 666.
(2) 9L SIDE: NONE NOTED.
(3) BOTH SIDES: INTERi1ITTE iT }FAINT PLUS DENSITY STREAKS
ARE PRESENT PARALLEL TO THE 11AJOR AXIS OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT
HE FISSION. THESE STREAKS DO NOT CONSTITJTE A SERIOUS I`AG,
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D. PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS.
(1) 9R SIDE: HEAT SPLICEND ASSOCIATED HANDLING
1ARXS ARE PRESENT 3ETWr:EN FRAMES /9 1 1 AND I "~ FRAME
"594. A.MANUFACTURING SPLICE IS PRESENT IN FRA IE 548.
(2) 9L SIDE: HEAT SPLICES WITH ASSOCIATED HANDLING
NA ' ARE PRESENT Biz-'1W-EN FRAMES 9 10/9 1 tAND I:a FRAME b1E.
A NA NU FACTURER'$ SPLICL IS PRESENT IN FRAME 954. A S aiALL
EMULSION GOUGE IS PRESENT I N FRAME 616.x`
E. AUXILIARY DATA: THE FRAME COU+'~TER OPERATION WAS
SLIGHTLY ERRATIC. THE COUNTER REAP 0000 FOR THE FIRST FRAME,
REPEATED NUMBER 532 FOR ONE EXTRA FRAME, AND REPEATED NUMBER
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674 FOR NINE EXTRA FRAMES. THIS RESULTED IN A BIAS OF 11 BETWEEN
THE TITLED FRAME AND FRAME COUNTER. THE CLOCK IS BLURRED AND
DIFFICULT TO READ.
F. THE LAST TITLED FRAME ON BOTH SIDES IS 1123.
4. THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
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