FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3656

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100033-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 33
• Content Type: CABLE

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. SUBJECT FILM EVALUATION
MISSION 3656.
1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3656 FLOWN ON 7 JULY 1963;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY WESTOVER.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: THERE ARE CIRCULAR PLUS DENSITY RINGS MEASURING
APPROXIMATELY 0.6" IN DIAMETER AND ERRATICALLY SPACED AND
LOCATED 3.3" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. THERE IS A MINUS DENSITY
STREAK 0.4" WIDE FROM EDGE TO EDGE IN FRAME 3. STARTING AT
FRAME 88 AND RECURRENT THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF THE MISSION
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THERE IS A FINE PLUS DENSITY LINE WHICH WAVERS FROM 4.62" TO 5.38"
FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE.
C. 9L SIDE: THERE ARE SEVERE PLUS DENSITY AREAS ALONG THE
INBOARD EDGE. THESE DENSITIES APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CAMERA PRESSURE ROLLER AND HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON MANY PREVIOUS
MISSION. THE FIRST 9 FRAMES CONTAIN A FINE PLUS DENSITY LINE
WHICH IS LOCATED 2.38" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. STARTING AT FRAME
103 AND CONTINUING FOR THE BALANCE OF THE MISSION, THERE ARE
PLUS DENSITY DOTS APPROXIMATELY 0.15" IN DIAMETER. THESE DOTS
HAVE NO REGULAR SPACING, APPEAR IN ALL CAMERA POSITIONS,
AND INCREASE IN QUANTITY UNTIL THERE ARE A MAXIMUM OF 13 IN
FRAME 131. THEY ARE LOCATED 3.05" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE.
D. THERE WAS A CAMERA EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION AT FRAME 131,
CAUSING THE MISSION TO BE TERMINATED. THE DATA SHEET ACCOMPANYING
THE NEGATIVES INDICATES THAT A BEARING IN ONE OF THE SPOOLS ON
THE 9R SIDE JAMMED. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING PROBLEMS.
3. POSITIVE:
A. THE PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD. PRINTING AND PROCESSING
ARE GOOD.
B. CLOUDS COVER LESS THAN 5 PERCENT OF THIS MISSION.
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