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This article was originally written for a paranormal magazine called The Paranormal Journal, it became known as The Underground Files covering ghosts, ufos, cryptozoology, and government conspiracies amongst others. I no longer write for the magazine and it is no longer in existence.
Del Norte:
Missile launch Accompanied By Mysterious Fireball
Rio Grande County
Sherrif's officers and Search and Rescue volunteers, Del Norte, searched the
area around Frisco Creek, Rock Creek and Dog Mountain, Friday night, March 16th
2002, attempting to find traces of what several citizens called a fireball
falling to the ground in that vicinity.
Late in the evening, NORAD
(North American Air Defense Command), confirmed a missile launch out of
Vandenburg Air Force base in New Mexico.
According to RGSO Cpl. Steve
Trujillo, reports started coming in at 7:47 p.m. The first report was of lights
in the sky, followed by an explosion with smoke, southwest of Del Norte.
A check with the Federal
Aviation Administration by Trujillo, reported no large planes missing, only a
small light aircraft down in the Colorado Spring's area.
The reports continued and
Trujillo alerted Sherrif Desi Medina, Medina getting Trujillo to contact Search
and Rescue at 8:10 p.m. At 10.00 p.m., RGSO was searching the area from Rock
Creek, Frisco Creek, Pinos Creek and Beaver Creek.
Search and Rescue were
sweeping Lime Kiln Road with beeper detectors, designed to detect emergency
aircraft beacons.
Trujillo stated around 15
calls received by RGSO reporting the incident, and a further dozen or more taken
by Colorado State Patrol dispatch in Alamosa.
At 10:15 p.m., Trujillo
received confirmation of a missile launch from NORAD, all units were told to
stand down from the search.
Del Norte:
Missile launch Accompanied By Mysterious Fireball written by Bill
Barber
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