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Science 20 September 1963:
Vol. 141. no. 3586, pp. 1176 - 1178
DOI: 10.1126/science.141.3586.1176
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Low-Latitude Noctilucent Cloud of 15 June 1963

Aden B. Meinel 1, Barbara Middlehurst 1, and Ewen Whitaker 1

1 Steward Observatory and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson

A bright noctilucent cloud was observed and photographed north-west of Tucson on 15 June 1963. Results of computations indicate that the cloud was at a height of 71 kilometers. The cloud appears to have resulted from the launching of a Scout space vehicle.


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