FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3642

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100067-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 67
• Content Type: CABLE

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. SUBJECT: FILM EVALUATION
MISSION 3642.
1. CAMERA B 13 WAS USED IN MISSION 3642 FLOWN ON 23 JUNE 63;
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE, AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
Be 9L SIDE: CREASES AND REPAIRED TEARS ARE PRESENT ON SEVEN
FRAMES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION. THESE TEARS WERE CAUSED
BY A PROCESSOR TRACKING ANOMALY. THREE PARALLEL PLUS DENSITY
STREAKS ARE PRESENT. THE HEAVIEST STREAK IS 3.2 INCHES FROM
THE OUTBOARD EDGE AND IS NOTICEABLE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PLUS DENSITY STREAK ARE COMET AND HALF
MOON-SHAPED PLUS DENSITY SPOTS VISIBLE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH
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APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 1000 FRAMES,. THE SECOND PLUS DENSITY
STREAK, ALTHOUGH FAINT, IS VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND IS
LOCATED 3 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE. THE THIRD PLUS DENSITY
STREAK IS 2 INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE. THIS STREAK IS FIRST
NOTED ON FRAME 1714 AND CONTINUES INTERMITTENTLY FOR
APPROXIMATELY 300 FRAMES. EDGE AND ROLLER (CAMERA) STATIC OCCURS
INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION, BOTH ON THE INBOARD AND THE
OUTBOARD EDGES.
C. 9R SIDE: THERE ARE CONTINUOUS MINOR PROCESSING STREAKS
FROM EXPOSURE 001 THROUGH EXPOSURE 1165. A PLUS DENSITY STREAK
3.2 INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE, VERY FAINT AND INTERMITTENT,
RUNS THROUGHOUT THIS SIDE.
D. THERE ARE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR SERIOUS PROCESSING PROBLEMS
OTHER THAN THE AFOREMENTIONED PROCESSOR MISTRACKING.
E. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
2. POSITIVE:
PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD WHERE WEATHER PERMITS. PRINTING AND
PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
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