Wednesday, 5. February 2003
Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 12:56:52 PM CET
Astounding photo Mysterious purple streak is shown hitting Columbia 7 minutes before it disintegrated
Top investigators of the Columbia space shuttle disaster are analyzing a startling photograph -- snapped by an amateur astronomer from a San Francisco hillside -- that appears to show a purplish electrical bolt striking the craft as it streaked across the California sky. The photographer requested that his name not be used and said he would not release the image to the public until NASA experts had time to examine it.
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