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large Pessian-perple streamers edict ontemed Co the Brlwasl Aad a Siete
terainus.

There secre fingereliae projections on thw Srtiem oo of th. wer ra

am iteec Finger-lise srojections ccacizucd to crow spoureatls Coeurs gr. lr ond
as tise went on, and thes grew for ~wre than a ainete atter the Teak detoo tia,
witnin a téw bene oi secomis after Surat, the intense blue glow in the arca ot
the burst disappeared and the oky was filled then wita the wery yellow ccatral
core whicad reaaiaev Sehind and the large aurural streamers running to the
Dortnazast.
imacdiately aiter oor glasses were taken off, ome could see a doughnut-

shaped white cloud which aushroomed out from the dSurse point, gzew larger am
fainter aad by one nimuce was pretey sich invisible.

There were nm sounds

heard which could Save originated from the ozone Taser and would chereby have
taken something lixe 120 seconds or so to reach the Boxer.
sounds were heard.

At that tine no

Yowever, aboard the Boxer and alsv on Johnston I[.land

there was a sharp crack heard at sero tine.

On the Boxer we hod speculaced

that there was an electromagnetic sigcal injected ist. the iF) system; however,
since the crack was also heard on Johnston, there was appurently some sound,
a sharp, low-intensity crack az zero tise.

The prisary shock wave arrived

at the Boxer at about 6 ainutes; its a=plitude was abut 0.05 psi and it indeed
startled everyone, since awst people had expected mw acoustic disturbance from
Teas.

The auroral phenocens srsdilized within a few ainutes after burst.

The

bright yellow core continued to grow whiter as time went on, and it appeared
to remain fixed in the sky.
diffused our.
burst point.

The surora became less distinct and sharp streamers

It was apparent tuat the source of the auroral phenomena was the
There had been speculation chat auroral phemmena sisht be pio-

Guced by neutrea 2ecay from acevtrsas which had sone many tChouwods of fect into
the alcwsphere aad decayed aareralls with 13 sinutes aslf life, ints protons
amielectrans.

This eas apauristl, aut the source of tre auroral pnenecena

which were chserved.

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