"John Maxson" wrote in message ...

1) The book describes in several places anomalies that occurred in the TV
images during ascent. These orange glows are described as several things
including outgassings, RCS firings, etc. However, they look distinctly
similar to ghost images of the brighter SRB plume as the camera moves about.

If 51-L had completed a normal ascent then there would be a stronger
case for "some other type of enhanced flames". The large breach
observed in the right SRB after the break-up suggests that the
possibility exists that the breach started during the initial ascent.