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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
NEWS RELEASE

From:   Headquarters Air Force Technical Applications Center   
        Office of Public Affairs            
        Patrick AFB, Fl.,
        32925-3002
        (407)-494-7332

DSN 854-7332

Dated: Jan 23, 1995

Release #006

        FIREBALL SPOTTED JAN. 18

        By SrA Amy Webb
        AFTAC Public Affairs

        Optical light sensors aboard three Department of Defence satellites
recorded the bright flash of a fireball in the atmosphere at 10:17:25
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Jan. 18. The location of the event was estimated
to be 51.5N by 115.4E at an altitude of 25km. The peak radiant intensity,
measured by a 6000K blackbody model, was 3.25 x 10^10 Watts/steradian,
corresponding to a visual magnitude of -19.7. Radiant energy of the event,
determined using 6000K blackbody model, was 9 x 10^10 Joules.

        For further information, call SrA. Amy Webb, Air Force Technical
Applications Center Public Affairs at (407) 494-7332.

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