Re: unidentified "decay" Aug 12

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Sat Oct 07 2000 - 00:14:52 PDT

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    At 14:36 7/10/00 , Kate Martin wrote:
    >Hello,
    >
    >I hope someone can help me. I am trying to identify an object seen from
    >an
    >aircraft, (by the pilot) on August 12 2000, at approximately 9:25 UTC.
    >
    >The "orange flame with a blue tail" was seen to travel from the
    >"northwest to the southeast". 
    >
    >The aircraft was on approach for Coolangatta. 
    Kate, 26047 89- 1N only had a radar crossection of .25 sq m,
      while 26420 was even smaller ( .08 sq m) The Orbit information
      group at Goddard didnt issue the an decay prediction reports
      from US SPACECOM which might give an estimate of the decay position.
      Both objects are probably too small to have given a noticeable
      re-entry. What was seen was in all probability a bright meteor.
      I suggest you contact Rob McNaught ( rmn@aaocbn.aao.gov.au ) and find out
      if he had heard of other reports.
    Tony Beresford
    
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