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From: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Tracking Military Satellites
Message-ID: <2198@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Date: 6 Nov 89 22:39:55 GMT
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Organization: Alpha Science Computer Networks, Denver, Co.
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This from the November 1989 issue of Aerospace America:

CIA SATELLITE SEEN TUMBLING

A secret CIA/USAF reconnaissance satellite put into orbit August 8 by
the Space Shuttle Columbia has been seen tumbling by astronomers in seven
countries, raising concerns about the mission's success.  Photographs of the
spacecraft show brilliant flashes of light every second, a sign of a 
spacecraft reflecting the Sun as it tumbles out of control.

Who on the net has seen this one?  Mike, Jim, Nick, Warren?