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Flare Over Atlantic Provinces 13 Flare Over Atlantic Provinces 13 US Air Force confirms How UFOs Lost Their How UFOs Lost Their US Air Force confirms Innocence ocket source of flare r rocket source of flare Innocence at the Movies over Atlantic Provinces over Atlantic Provinces at the Movies Continued from Page 12 Continued from Page 12 by Carla Allen/The Vanguard by Carla Allen/The Vanguard In my book Revelation: The Divine Fire (1973), Keel commented further than the slight It wasn’t a UFO. It wasn’t a meteorite. The alterations in the content are probably made in source of a prolonged flare in the evening sky the percipients' minds to tailor the messages to off the Atlantic coast on Monday, Dec. 10, was contemporary situations. "There is a storage due to the separation of disposable components factor," Keel said. "Perhaps the original signal from a Cape Canaveral launched rocket. is stored in the collective unconscious, or Ken Warren, a spokesperson for the perhaps there is some mechanism beyond our U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing at Patrick space-time continuum which is repeating an AFB in Florida, says the Atlas V booster left the endless 'tape.' If all percipients in all ages have launch pad with a National Reconnaissance been receiving the same signals, then the actual Office national security payload at 5:05 p.m. transmission is not especially pertinent to any Eastern Time. given period. The same source and process Hurtling through the atmosphere at a which inspired the Book of Revelation is at speed of 15,040 feet per second or 8,911 knots, work in modern revelation." at a height of approximately 380,000 ft., the Whatever this great UFO mystery is, it craft reached our area at 5:16 p.m. E.T. (6:16 remains consistent, but it also continues to be p.m. Atlantic Daylight Time). flavored by popular culture. The challenge to The first stage expendable fuel tank and the serious researcher also remains always the top portion of the rocket, which is known as consistent: Be mindful of how difficult it is to the payload faring, separated and continued to truly differentiate between what is an actual rise to over 600,000 ft. before beginning its re- experience sincerely reported and what is a entry. deceptive mind-meld of Hollywood illusion Warren says there are two possibilities and misinterpreted personal mystical for the widely seen flare. experience. “Our analysis shows that fireballs could have been produced by the jettisoned bodies. In About The Author - - About The Author this case no fuel is involved, just friction with Brad Steiger the atmosphere. If the observations occurred Brad Steiger fairly close to the launch time this could have been what was seen. The Centaur stage also completed a fuel depletion maneuver, which would have occurred much later. This occurs in orbit with no re-entering debris. This was also reported to have been seen,” he said. The booster and payload faring dropped in the northern Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Sable Island--approximately 120 miles east of Nova Scotia as planned. Two thirds of this Cape Canaveral launched “Launch trajectories are chosen to rocket separated and dropped into the Atlantic reduce the risk to personnel along the flight Ocean as planned on Monday evening, Dec. 10. path to the maximum extent possible,” said A U.S. Air Force spokesperson stated that the Warren. Atlas V booster contained a national security Notices to airmen and mariners were payload. The flare created during the issued in advance of the launch to ensure the separation was seen by thousands of residents safety of personnel that may have been in the in Atlantic Canada. vicinity of potential impact areas. Many fishermen contacted the he said. The common core booster is 12.5 ft in Canadian Coast Guard reporting the flash, diameter, 106.6 ft. long and weighs Brad Steiger is the author/coauthor of concerned that it might be an emergency flare approximately 50,000 pounds. [] 154 books with over 17 million copies in print. from a mariner in distress. His first published articles on the unexplained The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre appeared in 1956, and he has now written more in Halifax received close to a dozen reports of than 2,000 articles with paranormal themes. “the light in the sky” from New Brunswick, From 1970-'73, his weekly newspaper column, Nova Scotia and PEI. The Strange World of Brad Steiger, was carried This marks the fourth successful Atlas domestically in over 80 newspapers and V launched from Cape Canaveral AFS this year. overseas from Bombay to Tokyo. He was born On Dec. 20 another Eastern Range launch will in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on February 19,1936. He take place - a Delta ll rocket carrying a is married to Sherry Hansen Steiger, a licensed NAVSTAR Global Positioning System satellite. and ordained minister, herself the author or Launches on similar flight azimuths to coauthor of over 22 books. He has two sons, the Dec. 10 launch are not uncommon but occur three daughters, and five grandchildren. Visit infrequently. Brad Steiger's website: Warren says there are no plans to http://www.bradandsherry.com/ and also read recover the jettisoned components. Evidence for a New History. Read Brad “At this time there is no plan to retrieve Steiger's latest book Revelation: The Divine the debris; the United States government does Fire. [] not routinely retrieve first stage components,"