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 SERIAL-AU2401113891    UbN=W(23957)
 CLASS=UNCLAS 2C
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 WARNING:  ATTN VOAVN
 SERIAL:   AU2401113891
 COUNTRY:  CSFR
 SUBJ:     MORAVIAN UFO THOUGHT TO BE FALLING SATELLITE
 SOURCE:   BRATISLAVA PRAVDA IN SLOVAK 22 JAN 91 P 2
 TEXT:
 //((CTK'REPORT:   "DESTRUCTION OF A SATELLITE?"))
 (.(TEXT))   UHERSKY BROD -- SINCE SATURDAY  ((19 JA);UARY))
 OBSERVATORIES IN SOUTH MORAVIA HAVE-BEEN RECEIVING REPORTS-ABOUT A
 MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENON.   EYEWITNESSES CLAIM THAT ON FRIDAY 18 JANUARY
 BETWEEN 2317 AND 2320  ((2217 AND 2220 GMT))     THEY NOTICED A SHINING
 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IN THE SKY.   IT LOOKED LIKE A COMET'S
 TAIL FROM WHICH BURNING PIECES WERE OCCASIONALLY FALLING.   THE
 OBJECT WAS RELATIVELY HIGH UP AND MOVED QUICKLY,  ROUGHLY FROM NORTH
 TO SOUTH.   IT GLOWED LIKE THE FULL MOON.   THE FLIGHT.WAS ALSO
 OBSERVED BY ASTRONOMERS WHO ASSUME THAT THIS PHENOMENON INVOLVED THE
 DESTRUCTION OF A SATELLITE OR,  AS THE CASE MAY BE.,  PART'OF ONE WHICH
 BURNED UP WHEN It REACHED THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
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