On 8 January 2014, US government satellite sensors detected three atmospheric detonations in rapid succession about 84 kilometers north of Manus Island, outside the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea. Analysis of the trajectory suggested an interstellar origin of the meteor. The object, labeled IM1 for Interstellar Meteor 1, arrived with a velocity relative to Earth of more than 45 kilometers per second and originated from outside the plane of the ecliptic. On 1 March 2022, the US Space Command issued a formal letter to NASA certifying a 99.999% likelihood that the object was interstellar in origin. Along with this letter, the US Government released the fireball light curve as measured by satellites, which showed three flares separated by a tenth of a second from each other. The bolide broke apart at an unusually low altitude of about 17 kilometers.
The BeLaU Spherules from IM1???s Site Are Not Coal Ash
On 8 January 2014, US government satellite sensors detected three atmospheric detonations in rapid succession about 84 kilometers north of Manus Island, outside the…