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UNCONFIRMED reports (from twitter) that it may have come down over Quebec 40 minutes ago.
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Sep 24 2011, 05:10 AM
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Also, earlier lights reported over Edmonton would make sense as the first pieces started to come off. Pretty certain this is accurate.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 24 2011, 05:23 AM
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Northern Quebec's pretty empty (but not so empty that pieces can't be recovered). Can't wait till morning!
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Sep 24 2011, 05:41 AM
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Hope no one wakes up with a headache or a new skylight!
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Sep 24 2011, 06:29 AM
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Several independent reports coming in from southern Alberta about a debris trail in the sky moving rapidly.
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Sep 24 2011, 08:37 AM
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now saying the pacific
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Sep 24 2011, 10:25 AM
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NASA Statement:
Update #15 Today, September 24, 2011, 3 hours ago NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty |
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Sep 24 2011, 11:45 AM
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That is a rather long window for splashing in the Pacific. I was up in the night so followed the activities on Twitter. IamUARS was great fun. Really expected more from NASA; NASA_Watch; and other sites, but alas little real information has yet been released.
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Sep 24 2011, 12:10 PM
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If it did indeed come down over the Pacific, there aren't a lot of eyes out there...of any kind.
Of course the breathless reports are coming in all over from what were probably common meteors. Due to the media storm, people who have never looked at the sky before were peering upward, and for last night, everything wasn't a UFO, it was a UARS 
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Sep 24 2011, 01:33 PM
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QUOTE (Floyd @ Sep 24 2011, 03:45 AM)  Really expected more from NASA; NASA_Watch; and other sites, but alas little real information has yet been released. That's because little information exists. What do you want NASA to do - make stuff up? They reported all the info they had as quickly as can be expected. |
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Sep 24 2011, 02:01 PM
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QUOTE (SolarSystemRubble @ Sep 24 2011, 02:10 PM) over the Pacific, there aren't a lot of eyes out there...of any kind. millions of fishes and other creatures disagree...
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Sep 24 2011, 02:26 PM
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QUOTE (Paolo @ Sep 24 2011, 09:01 AM) millions of fishes and other creatures disagree... True, but most don't communicate with Space Command or NASA
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Sep 24 2011, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 24 2011, 09:33 AM) That's because little information exists. What do you want NASA to do - make stuff up? They reported all the info they had as quickly as can be expected. I wasn't trying to give NASA a hard time, just thought other US agencies who track space objects and threats would have passed NASA some information. We have spy satellites that would have picke up the IR signal of reentry etc. It will probably just take a while for this information to get declassified and released. -------------------- |
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Sep 24 2011, 04:16 PM
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Update #16
Today, September 24, 2011, 37 minutes ago NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite entered the atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean, off the west coast of the United States. The precise re-entry time and location of any debris impacts are still being determined. NASA is not aware of any reports of injury or property damage. This is your source for official information on the re-entry of UARS. All information posted here has been verified with a government agency or law enforcement. NASA will conduct a media telecon at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the re-entry. The telecon will be streamed live at www.nasa.gov/newsaudio. |
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Sep 24 2011, 06:36 PM
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Map of Final orbit with most likely point where center of debris track would be at 10 km height.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/591662main_UARS%20Map.pdf |
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