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Re: (meteorobs) Missile Launch
At 12:04 AM 8/3/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings All
>
>I've noticed that the fireball sighting I reported on June 25 has now been
>classified as a missile launch on the AMS fireball sighting log. Is there a
>source for this information? I've checked the military site mentioned in
>posts. The government is not very forthcoming.
Hello Deborah,
After receiving multiple reports, I had suspected from the descriptions
that it was a missile launch from the Cape Canaveral area, but was not able
to verify it via the web -- I simply marked it as a "probable" missile
launch. The source for further verification was a somewhat surprising
one: someone whose opinions I usually DO NOT agree with. But he did do
the leg-work to track down what this event actually was (to my satisfaction).
>X-From_: ufocntr@nwlink.com Sat Jul 14 01:53:52 2001
>Delivered-To: richardson@mail.serve.com
>Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:48:59 -0700
>From: "Peter B. Davenport" <ufocntr@nwlink.com>
>Reply-To: director@ufocenter.com
>Organization: National UFO Reporting Center
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>To: richardson@amsmeteors.org
>Subject: June 25, 2001, "fireball" @ 2115 hrs. (Eastern Daylight) was missile
> launch.
>
>Dear Mr. Richardson,
>
>I was just scanning the list of recent fireball reports on the AMS
>website, and noted the comment regarding the -9 magnitude object seen
>from Florida at approximately 2115 hrs. (EDT) on Monday, 25JN01.
>
>The AMS comment labels the event as a probable missile launch, and I
>write to confirm that the event described, based on information
>available to us, appears to have been a launch.
>
>The National UFO Reporting Center received a number of reports of the
>event immediately following the launch, and we continued to receive
>reports for weeks afterward. Interestingly, some of the reports were
>from as far away from Cape Canaveral as Virginia.
>
>In attempt to identify the event, we contacted various FAA offices, and
>we ultimately were directed to Mr. Peter Hooper, Director of the
>Military Liaison Office for the FAA, in Jacksonville, FL (Telephone:
>(904) 232-1984). When we spoke with Mr. Hooper, he stated that NASA had
>requested from the FAA that a launch window be established for a time
>period consistent with the presumed launch, and that he thought the
>launch had, in fact, occurred. He said he thought the designation for
>the launch was "OP-2695," and that it had occurred from a ship at sea,
>perhaps a submarine.
>
>Mr. Hooper directed us to a USAF unit ("45th RAND") at Cape Canaveral.
>We contacted that unit and spoke with Mr. David Castor, who stated that
>a launch had occurred [Telephone: (321) 853-5941]. However, he stated
>that we should contact the U. S. Naval Operations and Test Unit for
>further information. We contacted that unit [Telephone: (321)
>853-1213/Maria McGlommery (sp?)], but they stated that they were unable
>to provide us with any information about the event.
>
>I hope that helps.
>
>Regards,
>
>Peter Davenport
>--
>Peter B. Davenport, Director
>National UFO Reporting Center
>PO Box 45623
>University Station
>Seattle, WA 98145
>director@ufocenter.com
>http://www.UFOcenter.com
>Hotline: 206-722-3000 (From 8AM to Midnight Pacific preferred)
Regards,
Jim
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James Richardson
Department of Planetary Sciences
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL)
The University of Arizona
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