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Re: El Paso Fireball Detection by DoD Satellite

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Subject: Re: El Paso Fireball Detection by DoD Satellite
From: Jim Dawdy <jdawdy@usa.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:37:44 +0000
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Here is a map of the area and the point of detonation according to the DOD press
release.

GeoZay@aol.com wrote:

> Below information I got off Peter's website that pertains to the Oct 9
> fireball near El Paso Texas.
> George Zay
> --------------
> >>Fireball Detection
>
> On 9 October 1997,  sensors aboard DOD satellites detected the impact of a
> meteoroid at 18:47:15 UTC near El Paso, Texas.
> The object detonated at an altitude of 36 km at 31.8 degrees North Latitude,
>  106.1 degrees West Longitude.
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References:

El Paso Fireball Detection by DoD Satellite

From: GeoZay@aol.com

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