FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3600

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CIA-RDP78B04558A000700090055-6
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RIFPUB
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S
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1
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December 28, 2016
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55
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Approved For Release 2008/03/11: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700090055-6 P 171616Z ? Z FM CIA WASHDC TQ.=RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA, NEB RUCVSM/40180TH SRW, LAUGHLIN AFB, TEXAS RUEAHQ/DIAXX RUECYG/NAVY PIC RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AS, BARKSDALE, LA DA GRNC ? OUT5I157 17 MAY 1963 11 Y 17 16 4 5 Z EFS CS Declassification Review by NGA/DoD S E C R E T CITE CIA-Z-599 FOR DI, BRASS KNOB; DOCR, DMA, DIM, SAC HQS, OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. SUBJECT: FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3600. 1. CAMERA 7 WAS USED ON MISSION 3600, FLOWN 15 MAY 1963 AND PROCESSED AT LAUGHLIN AFB. 2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE EVALUATION SHOWED THAT RESOLUTION WAS FAIR TO POOR DUE TO FOCUSE. EXPOSURE WAS GOOD. THERE WERE NO MALFUNCTIONS IN THE CAMERA SYSTEM AND PROCESSING WAS SATISFACTORY. 3. WITH REGARD TO THE PRODUCTION OF DUPLICATE POSITIVES, THE LOG E POSITIVES APPEAR FLAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE OBLIQUE FRAMES. CONTRAST SUFFERS MOST ALONG THE FORMAT EDGES. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO POOR, WITH THE PHOTO INTERPRETERS REPORTING POOR IMAGE QUALITY OVER NUMEROUS TARGETS. 4. SUGGEST CAMERA 7 BE PULLED AND REFOCUSED PRIOR TO FURTHER USE. SCP- I Approved For Release 2008/03/11: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700090055-6 unuw Excluded from au1fmat, E doWngradieg and declassifica;r! ... ,,j