USAF NEWS RELEASE

Date: April 24, 1996

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In late March, DOD satellites recorded the bright flashes of three fireball

(bolide) occurences. The characteristics of these observations are given
below. The peak radiated power (Watts/steradian) assumes a 6000K blackbody
model for the flashes.

Date Time Approx Location Peak Radiated Total Radiated Approx
(GMT) Lat Long power (w/sr) energy (Joules) visual
(6000K model) (6000K model) magnitude

26 Mar 96 14:03:04 21.2N 133.4W 0.8x10^10 8.5x10^9 -18.8
29 Mar 96 20:30:54 21.5N 158.1W 3.0x10^10 8.8x10^10 -20.2
30 Mar 96 04:03:42 31.3S 84.1W 4.2x10^10 1.2x10^11 -20.6


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