[Oremem] EEI Report

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DE AAA0OR  NR 23
P 011405Z FEB 03
FM JOHN JEWKES/AAA0OR  OR
TO DOMS
TO AAM0EOR OR
INFO AAA9W AZ
MIKE POTTER/NNN0EHG OR
ROBERT DAVIS/ AFF5C UT/OR
ALL OR/ID ARMY MARS STATIONS
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ACTUAL INCIDENT
SUBJECT: EEI REPORT
1. REF: FALLEN STAR / TX
A. SPACE SHUTTLE DOWN/ NRTHERN TX/ 011400Z FEB 03
B. UNKNOWN
C. UNKNOWN
D. SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA APPEARS TO HAVE EXPLODED DURING THE PROCESS OF LANDING.
E. UNKNOWN
F. UNKNOWN
G. NASA-TV LIVE FEED 011536Z FEB 03; CNN HEADLINE NEWS 011545Z FEB 03; KATU TV 011611Z FEB 03;
H. DUE TO HEIGHTENED SECURITY SOME DETAILS ARE NOT AVAILABLE VIA THIS REPORTING SYSTEM. SHUTTLE WAS SCHEDULED TO LAND AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AT 011416Z FEB 03; ALL TELEMETRY AND VOICE COMMS HAVE BEEN LOST. AN ELT SIGNAL IS BEING TRACKED IN THE NORTHERN TEXAS AREA BY CIVIL AIR PATROL, BUT NO WORD ON SOURCE AT THIS TIME, COULD BE A DAMAGED BY DEBRIS CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT. COLUMBIA AND ALL OTHER SHUTTLES HAVE CARRIED ELT'S ABOARD SINCE THE CHALLENGER INCIDENT. MONITORING OF ARMARS ECOM FREQUENCIES IS ENCOURAGED AS POSSIBILITY OF HIDDEN SHADOW EVENT MAY EXIST BASED UPON THE MAKE-UP OF THE CREW ON THIS MISSION. 
ACTUAL INCIDENT
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