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02-02-2003, 01:28 PM
Australian astonomer's extraordinary account of mishap (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/02/1044122251986.html)
February 2 2003
An Australian astronomer in California could be a key eyewitness to solving the mystery of today's space shuttle disaster.
Anthony Beasley, an Australian working at an observatory north of Los Angeles, said he saw what could be tiles falling off the Columbia as it flew over California and on its way to the scheduled landing in Florida.
Most video footage and eyewitness reports of the shuttle breaking up came from witnesses in the central US state of Texas.
If Beasley is correct, it indicates the shuttle began to disintegrate on the west coast above California.
Beasley telephoned US television network ABC to tell of his sighting.
"After the first few flashes I thought to myself that I knew the shuttle lost tiles as it re-entered and quite possibly that was what was going on," Beasley, speaking live, told ABC news anchor Peter Jennings.
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Click here to read more (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/02/1044122251986.html)
February 2 2003
An Australian astronomer in California could be a key eyewitness to solving the mystery of today's space shuttle disaster.
Anthony Beasley, an Australian working at an observatory north of Los Angeles, said he saw what could be tiles falling off the Columbia as it flew over California and on its way to the scheduled landing in Florida.
Most video footage and eyewitness reports of the shuttle breaking up came from witnesses in the central US state of Texas.
If Beasley is correct, it indicates the shuttle began to disintegrate on the west coast above California.
Beasley telephoned US television network ABC to tell of his sighting.
"After the first few flashes I thought to myself that I knew the shuttle lost tiles as it re-entered and quite possibly that was what was going on," Beasley, speaking live, told ABC news anchor Peter Jennings.
...
Click here to read more (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/02/1044122251986.html)