FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3252

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000700130015-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 15
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: FILM EVALUATION MISSION 3252."`
1. CAMERA B 17 WAS USED IN MISSION 3252 FLOWN ON 6 DECEMBER
1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY EASTMAN KODAK.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: Grace (File)
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS FAIR
TO GOOD,
B. 9R SIDE: INTERMITTENT MINUS DENSITY STREAKS VARYING
BETWEEN 0.9" AND 1.3" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE ARE PRESENT ON FRAMES
1 TO 100. SPOTS OF MINUS DENSITY 3.9" FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE
AND 2.3" APART APPEAR ON FRAME 365 WHILE A SINGLE SPOT OCCURS
ON FRAMES 366 AND 367. A PLUS DENSITY STREAK 3.2" FROM AND
PARALLEL TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY FROM
HEAD TO TAIL. FRAME 1386 CONTAINS AN EMULSION BLISTER WHICH
IS THE CAUSE OF A PLUS DENSITY STREAK 1.1" FROM AND PARALLEL
TO THE OUTBOARD EDGE ON FRAMES 1386 TO 1919. HEAT SPLICES OCCUR
BETWEEN FRAMES 705-706, 1497-1498 AND 2245-2246. A WIRE FROM THE
DATA CHAMBER IS IMAGED IN THE DATA BLOCK CORNER OF THE FORMAT.
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FRAMES 3791, 3794 AND 3 799 CONTAIN PATCHES OF FOG, PROBABLY
ASSOCIATED WITH FILM UNLOADING. THERE ARE 3802 TITLED FRAMES
ON THIS SIDE OF THE MISSION.
C. 9L SIDE: INBOARD ROLLER-CHATTER IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY
ON THE FIRST 1000 FRAMES. TWO ROWS OF RANDOMLY SPACED MINUS
DENSITY DOTS 0.55" AND 0.30" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE OCCUR FROM
FRAME 991 TO THE END OF THE MISSION. FRAMES 1528 AND 1529 CONTAIN
A SERIES OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS 4.2" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AT
1.5" INTERVALS. NUMEROUS EMULSION DIGS ARE PRESENT
ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE ON FRAMES 1707 TO 1709. FRAMES 336 AND
1521 CONTAIN A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE AND ASSOCIATED STREAKS.
THERE ARE 3806 TITLED FRAMES ON THIS SIDE OF THE MISSION.
D. BOTH SIDES: METERING IS ERRATIC AND VARIES FROM 0.20"
TO 0.65".
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
ANOMALIES IN THIS MISSION.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO GOOD.
B. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 70 PER CENT
OF THIS MISSION. SCP-1.
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