FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3647

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100056-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 56
• Content Type: CABLE

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FOR DI, BRASS KNOB, DOCR, DM 4, DIM,C HQS, OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. SUBJECT FILM EVALUATION
MISSION 3647.
1. CAMERA B 11 WAS USED IN MISSION 3647 FLOWN ON 28 JUNE
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAVY PIC.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD, AND THE EXPOSURE IS GOOD TO
SLIGHTLY OVEREXPOSED.
B. 9R SIDE: SMALL PLUS DENSITY DASHES ARE PRESENT ON
FRAMES 1 THRU 56. THESE DASHES ARE 0.7 INCHES FROM, AND PARALLEL
TO, THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. A SERIES OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS
(ASSOCIATED WITH A 0.5 INCH DIAMETER ROLLER) OCCURS 2 TO 2.7
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INCHES IN FROM THE PERPENDICULAR TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE
FILM. A WIRE FROM THE DATA CHAMBER OBSCURES A SMALL PORTION OF
THE MAIN IMAGE AREA. A GHOST IMAGE OF ALL POSITION INDICATORS
APPEARS WHEN THE CORRECT POSITION INDICATOR IS EXPOSED.
C. 9L SIDE: A SERIES OF FINE, PARALLEL, PLUS DENSITY
STREAKS, 0.5 TO 2.5 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD EDGE ARE PRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. EDGE STATIC OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG
THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. A WAVERING MINUS
DENSITY STREAK OCCURS APPROX 1.0 INCHES IN FROM THE INBOARD EDGE
ON FRAMES 9-31, 82-94, 14-150, 235-236 AND 252. A SMALL TEAR,
ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAT SPLICE IS PRESENT ON FRAME 874.
D. POSSIBLE ROLLER STATIC OCCURS ALONG THE INBOARD EDGES OF
THE 9R AND 9L FILM, BECOMING LESS DENSE AS THE MISSION PROGRESSES.
NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING PROBLEMS OCCUR ON THIS
MISSION.
3. DUPLICATE POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD WHERE WEATHER PERMITS. PRINTING
AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
B. CLOUDS OBSCURE APPROX 60 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
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