Last May, I published the first draft of Visually Observed Natural Re-entries of Earth Satellites: http://satobs.org/seesat/May-2013/0177.html My work on this has continued, and in the interim I have shared several updates privately with those who have expressed interest or shared information. Thank you to all have assisted me! I am now publishing draft #7: http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Visually_Observed_Natural_Re-entries_DRAFT_7.pdf This version expands the information of many previous entries, and includes a few corrections. It also adds many new, mostly historical re-entry sightings, some of which have only recently been identified as a re-entry or correlated with a known decay or parent object. This remains a work in progress, and the comments that I made with draft #1 still apply. I am evaluating other possible re-entries for possible inclusion in the final report, some of which have come to light from my own research, others that have been brought to my attention. I remain open to suggestions of additional known or suspected sightings, as well as evidence of erroneous entries or information in the present draft. I trust that draft #7 will suffice for now; however, I will be pleased to respond to questions, concerns, or requests for additional supporting information, to the best of my ability. To aid recipients of previous drafts to identify subsequent additions, I have appended a list per draft. Ted Molczan Dates of re-entries added in each new draft to-date: Draft 2 1999 Jul 19 Draft 3 None Draft 4 1973 Apr 09 both entries 1983 Sep 27 1986 Sep 02 Draft 5 1968 Jan 08 1977 Jul 29 1996 Jan 29 2001 Sep 16 2004 Nov 07 Draft 6 1975 Jan 11 1981 Apr 13 Draft 7 1965 Mar 05 1966 Jan 31 1973 Sep 28 1976 Feb 11 1976 Dec 29 1979 Aug 20 second entry 1980 Nov 26 2013 Nov 11 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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