FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3602

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700090046-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 46
• Content Type: CABLE

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FOR DI, BRASS KNOB; DOCR, DM4, DIM, SAC HQS. OMAHA. FROM
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. SUBJECT: FILM
2 1 MAY 1963
EVALUATION MISSION 3602.
1. CAMERA 38 WAS USED IN MISSION 3602 FLOWN ON 17 MAY
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED 3Y LAUGHLIN.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: RESOLUTION IS FAIR TO GOOD, DEPENDING
ON ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, IN ALL POSITIONS EXCEPT THE 1L POSITION.
RESOLUTION IS FAIR TO POOR IN THE 1L POSITION OF 30TH MODE
SEQUENCES. IMAGERY DETERIORATION IS NON-DIRECTIONAL INDICATING
A POSSIBLE VIBRATION PROBLEM. EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE. HEAVY
ABRASIONS AND SCRATCHES WERE NOTICED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION, AFFECTING APPROXIMATELY 100 FRAMES ON EACH SIDE
(9R, 9L). THEY ARE MOST SEVERE ON THE 9L FILM. EDGE CRIMPING
AND TEARS OCCUR ON 68 FRAMES OF THE 9L BECOMING SEVERE ON FRAMES
48 TO 79. ERRATIC MODE SEQUENCES OCCUR BETWEEN FRAMES 2330
TO 2441.
3. LOG E POSITIVE: THE POSITIVE APPEARS TO HAVE LOW CONTRAST.
CONTRAST AND RESOLUTION ARE POOR ALONG THE 3ORDER EDGES OF EVERY
FRAME. OBLIQUES APPEAR WASHED OUT IN NUMEROUS INSTANCES. PI
SUITABILITY IS FAR TO POOR WITH POOR IMAGE QUALITY MOST EVIDENT
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