(meteorobs) Any updates on this story USAF Fireball Reports

[Larry]

The thirst for rocks cannot be quenched...... (said in good spirit)

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Sent: 2010/01/08 10:54
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Any updates on this story USAF Fireball Reports


> Was it you, Mike- or maybe Ed-- that was involved on a thread similar 
> to this awhile aback.... or is this a new effort?
> 
> maybe this is a call for a hydra-headed multi- tentacled approach - 
> with a new meteorbs member sending new requests each week for the next 
> month or so....
> (sometimes i have devilishly pragmatic thoughts....)
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 10:45 am
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Any updates on this story USAF Fireball Reports
> 
> Elton,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. I had sent a few letters and calls into patrick
> air force base last summer, but never got a call / reply back. A few
> weeks ago I contacted PAO of Space Command. I got a reply from them
> yesterday morning. Not sure if they subscribe to meteor obs or if the
> echelon read my email to the list and fwd'd it to them.
> 
> They didn't have much to say:
> 
>>Mr Hankey - Per the request of NASA and the scientific community, Air
>>Force Space Command (AFSPC) is currently assessing its ability to
>>release meteor data.   Collection of meteor data is not a primary
>>mission for AFSPC, so there has never been a formal process to release
>>said data.  We are reviewing how this could be done.
> 
>>Thank you for your interest.
> 
> I will also try to follow up with the meteoroid office in huntsville.
> Thanks for the tip on that.
> 
> I know this is probably a futile endeavour but I don't see these guys
> moving the ball forward on this issue if folks aren't asking about it
> and of course it never hurts to try.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:47 AM, MEM <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The " former" agency that handled this was Office of Public Affairs 
> USAF Special Technology Agency(?) at Patrick AFB but that is dead ended 
> for the time being. These former sources can be googled under the group 
> that monitors the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty or Google: USAF Fireball 
> report.
>>
>> I spent a few wasted weeks last spring getting misinformed when all 
> they had to tell me was that the reports were no longer unclassified. 
> Dr. Brown of Western Ontario used to be the person the USAF fireball 
> reports were released through. None of them are in the business and 
> none will return phone calls. Brown's office/Agency stopped returning 
> calls to me once my chastisement of the Tagish Lake Recovery 
> --whatchamacallit became public.
>>
>> I recommend starting with the Public Affairs Office of Space Command 
> and NASA's Meteoroid Office in Huntsville. Don't be surprised if no 
> one but the Public Affairs officers return calls as they are the only 
> ones legally obliged to do so and they are not the ones in the know.
>> I didn't see the original Rego statement.
>> Elton
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