NUFORC Sighting 39037
Occurred: 2004-08-31 20:30 LocalReported: 2004-09-01 10:28 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 100
Location: Bristol, TN, USA
Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object
Follow-up to east coast sighting on August 31st
Follow-up to the major sighting which occurred on 08/31/04 at 20:35 hours over the eastern U.S.
I have now learned that the anomolous object was , in fact, a "fuel dump"/seperation created by a spacecraft which was launched from Cape Canaveral last evening. It has been stated that the fuel dump is a "usual practice" for all Centuar booster assisted launches.
The launch was the last to take place from pad 36A at the cape and marks an end to an era.
The launch took place at 7:17 EDT (23:17 GMT) and seperation took place 73 minutes later , marking about the exact time for the reported anomolous object to appear in the eastern sky.
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NUFORC Note:
Result of earlier missile launch. Please see:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac167/040824track.html
http://space.com/spacewatch/mystery_cloud_040901.html
PD))
Posted 2004-09-01
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