Fireball Detection

IR sensors aboard US  DOD satellites detected the impact of a bolide over 
the Eastern US on 23 July 2001 at 22:19:11 UTC.
The object was traveling roughly East to West.
The object was first detected at an altitude of approximately 82km at 41.5 
North Latitude, 75.6 West Longitude,
and tracked down to an altitude of approximately 32 km at 41.3 North, 77.3 West. 
The impact was simultaneously detected by space based visible wavelength sensors 
operated by the US Department of Energy.  The total radiated energy was 
approximately 1.27 X 10^12 joules.

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