Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Classified

asteroidFor 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.

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

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