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Re: Fw: Was the cow falsely blamed

To: "J. B. Boldman" <apav8r@netunlimited.net>
Subject: Re: Fw: Was the cow falsely blamed
From: Doug <meteorites@geocities.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:37:36 -0500
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>I heard reports (I believe one was from
>LANL) about "foil" that fell after the El Paso 10/9/97
>bolide. I remember hearing a report that sheriff deputies
>drove through this stuff, but nothing was ever found.
>Appariently, it completely sublimed. How the hell is it
>possible for "metal foil" to completely sublime, or for that
>matter, any solid meteoritic debris?

This metal foil was most likely radar chaff(mylar strips vacuum coated
with aluminium) released by a military aircraft on a training mission,
then a call from the AF base to the sheriff's office caused the evidence
to 'sublime'.

Doug



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Fw: Was the cow falsely blamed

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