USAF NEWS RELEASE 
 
From:   Headquarters Air Force Technical Applications Center    
        Office of Public Affairs             
        Patrick AFB, Fl., 
        32925-3002 
        (407)-494-7332 
 
Date: July 21, 1997 
 
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On 27 April, 1997 at 22:34:21 UT, sensors aboard U.S. Department of Defense 
satellites recorded the bright flash of an apparent meteoroid disintegration in the 
atmosphere.  The location of the flash was approximately 16.6S, 87.5E.  Peak flash 
intensity recorded (assuming a 6000K blackbody radiation (BB) model) was 3.0E11 
watts per steradian, corresponding to a visual magnitude of -22.7.  Total radiated 
energy, using the same 6000K BB model, was 7.2 E11 joules.

For further information, contact Air Force Technical Applications Center Public 
Affairs at (407) 494-4403.
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