NASA: SHUTTLE LANDING DELAYED!

Wednesday's landing of the shuttle Atlantis rescheduled due to "mystery object"

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HOUSTON - NASA says that it has delayed the landing of the shuttle orbiter due to inclement weather as well as the appearance of a mystery object that they believe may be in a parallel orbit to the shuttle. NASA has delayed the planned landing of space shuttle Atlantis by at least a day Tuesday after engineers spotted an object that may have accidentally flown out of its cargo bay. Citing a danger that it may be a piece of debris from the shuttle itself, they want to take an extra day to inspect the shuttle and insure that it is indeed safe to land on Thursday. NASA has not officially labeled it a "UFO" although several news agencies have.

If one examines the film carefully, you can see that -
1. The object is not in a straight trajectory
2. The unidentified object is just above cloud level, occasionally passing through the tops of the clouds.

The official AP report on AOL states: "Engineers are concerned because they don't know what the object is or whether it's a crucial piece of the shuttle. The question is what is it? Is it something benign? Or is it something more critical we should pay attention to," said Wayne Hale, space shuttle program manager. 'We want to make sure we're safe before committing to that critical journey through the atmosphere.'"

According to FOX news: "Landing had been scheduled for Wednesday morning. But a poor weather forecast and concerns that something crucial floated out of the space shuttle prompted the delay, space shuttle communicator Terry Virts told the crew.  'Big interest in whether we're going to be doing any robotics tomorrow,' responded Atlantis commander Brent Jett, referring to using the shuttle's robotic arm to inspect the spacecraft."

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SAVED IMAGE DATA: FOX-NASA_091906
THE FOX-TV REPORT: uforc_STS115-UFO_FOX-091906.htm
THE AOL-AP Wire REPORT: uforc_STS115-UFO_AOL.AP-091906.htm
THE OFFICIAL NASA WEB REPORT: uforc_STS115-UFO_NASA.htm
SEE ALSO http://www.uforc.com/NASA/uforc_STS115.htm Launch coverage STS-115
SEE ALSO http://www.uforc.com/NASA/astronauts.htm Astronauts and UFOs

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