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Posted on 06/14/2009 2:45:28 AM PDT by JoeProBono
For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere — but no longer. A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released, SPACE.com has learned.
The satellites' main objectives include detecting nuclear bomb tests, and their characterizations of asteroids and lesser meteoroids as they crash through the atmosphere has been a byproduct data bonanza for scientists. The upshot: Space rocks that explode in the atmosphere are now classified.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Sheist haPPens.
Ah, but what about the coverup about the coverup? ;’)
Military Covering Up Fireballs From Space
FoxNews
Posted on 06/11/2009 12:30:47 PM PDT by Scythian
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2269795/posts
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