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Old 13th Nov 2018, 15:22
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Originally Posted by CATIII-NDB
(I wonder if these ionisation trails were visible on primary radars ?)
Forgive me if you are already aware of this but in general they can be detected on Primary radar , but it's a specialist/geeky/anorak field (delete as apropriate) and I've never heard of ATC owning up to observing them .

https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-...nd-meteorites/

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