Fireball Detections

IR sensors aboard US  DOD satellites detected the impact of a bolide
over the Pacific Ocean on 23 April 2001 at 06:12:35 UTC.
The object was observed at an altitude of 28.5 km at 27.90 North, 133.89
West.
The impact was simultaneously detected by space based visible wavelength
sensors operated by the US Department of Energy.
The total energy was 4.6 X 10^12 joules.

IR sensors aboard US  DOD satellites also detected the impact of a
bolide on 25 August, 2000 at 01:12:25 UTC.
The object was observed at 14.45 North, 106.13 West.
The impact was simultaneously detected by space based visible wavelength
sensors operated by the US Department of Energy.
The total energy was 1.4 X 10^12 joules.


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