Date:   Thu Jun 17 1993  14:45:26
From:   SHEPPARD GORDON
To:     ALL
Subj:   Harvard UFO
Attr:   
UFO                            -------------------------------

UFO identified as Harvard research project
06/14/93
THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

Spotted high over North Texas, the glimmering object brought one
thought to many sky gazers: UFO.

The truth proved far more worldly.

"This is a high altitude research balloon that is gathering data
for a Harvard University research project," explained Donna Dubberke,
a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The balloon was
launched in the East Texas town of Palestine for a solar radiation
experiment.

"It's huge," she said. The helium-filled balloon, which floated
to an altitude of 23.5 miles, is 600 feet in diameter and carried a
3-ton payload.

Dubberke, who said a local TV station fielded "bazillions" of
calls on the sighting, described the altogether identified flying
object as, "kind of the shape of an onion. It was white and a little
see-through in the middle."

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