Showing posts with label US military classified secret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US military classified secret. Show all posts

04 July 2009

Meteor News- USAF Clarifies "Hush-Hush" 4JUL09

Military Seeks Common Ground with Scientists on Fireball Data Flap
By Leonard David
SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist
posted: 03 July 2009
03:10 pm ET

... In an exclusive SPACE.com interview June 30, Rego he made it clear that there has been no change to the data-sharing policy. Air Force Space Command has recently reiterated its existing, published guidance on bolide data classification to ensure "consistent" public release of information across a specific suite of government agencies, he said. ... (more)
http://www.space.com/news/090703-military-fireballs-data.html

18 June 2009

German Meteorite News-US military closes satellite data 18JUN09

US-Militär sperrt Satellitendaten
(Danger by meteorites-US military closes satellite data)
sueddeutsche.de
- ‎17.06.09‎
Von Alexander Stirn Die Folgen eines Meteoriten-Einschlags können gravierend sein: Der Canon Diabolo im US-Bundesstaat Arizona ist mit einem Durchmesser von ... (more)
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/844/472370/text/

11 June 2009

Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified 11JUN09

Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified
By Leonard David
SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist
posted: 10 June 2009

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. ... (more)

http://www.space.com/news/090610-military-fireballs.html