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FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3647

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
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
Case Number: 
Content Type: 
CABLE
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Q-, Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100056-3 W bLLJ 0 owr zt_ P 292145Z FM CIA WASHDC TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB RUEAHQ/DIAXX RUECYG/NAVY PIC RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF BARKSDALE, LA RUWGSM/4080TH SRW, LAUGHLIN AFB, TEXAS DA GRNC BT S E C R E T Declassification Review by NGA/DoD CITE 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 SECRE[ GROUP I Excluded from automats downgrading and declassification Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100056-3 1 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100056-3 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. END OF MESSAGE 1 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100056-3 OEM

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