TIER 3 — SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
Department of the Air Force Report, 1996
FILE ID DOW-UAP-D048TYPE PDFAGENCY Department of WarCLASS UNCLASSIFIED
EVENT DETAILS
- DATE
- 1996
DOCUMENT SUMMARY
A 1996 Department of the Air Force report on modeling unlikely space-booster failures in risk calculations, documenting historical launch failure modes at Vandenberg AFB. Released under PURSUE as supporting context for DoW space surveillance activities.
WHY IT MATTERS
Contextualizes the sensor and launch infrastructure that forms the backbone of DoW UAP detection capabilities, particularly for objects tracked from Vandenberg.
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OFFICIAL SOURCE
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