[meteorite-list] USAF Satellite Fireball Reports?
Chris Peterson
clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Wed Feb 14 14:48:08 EST 2007
Peter Brown maintains a list at
http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/%7Epbrown/usaf.html . I've obtained some
information that isn't in his list, so I think a lot depends on who you
talk to. But overall, very little data is released.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:30 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] USAF Satellite Fireball Reports?
> Pre 9/11 we were privy to fireball trajectory data
> from the US Air Force. They have satellites staring
> earthward for detecting launches and reentry. That
> resource hasn't been mentioned in a long time and I've
> misplaced the site URL.
>
> I seem to recall that a list member was our liaison
> for sanitized information released to the public.
> We've had several bright fireballs and no one
> mentioned checking with the USAF.
>
> I can't seem to google it and I know many " .mil "
> domains are no longer accessible to the public.
>
> Does anyone know the status or the URL for reports?
>
> Elton
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