[PhiKapMom]

That's for sure -- it was not breaking up in CA and his inferrence seemed to be that people in CA that claimed to have seen the shuttle breaking up did not know what they were looking at!

If the shuttle were breaking up in CA, I would assume NASA would have known about it!

[Cboldt]

If the shuttle were breaking up in CA, I would assume NASA would have known about it!

Depends on the definition of "breaking up." If it means some small part came off, not enough to cause "immediate disintigration," but enough to start a chain of events, then I have the impression NASA is open to that theory. Their instrument readings, etc. were not "typical" at that point, and they are hungry for an explanation.

If "breaking up" means breaking the shuttle into two or three big pieces, etc, then I think all will agree that event happened over TX.