"Only the Shadow Knows"

An anomalous marking (just below the level of the standard
black ID band on the nose of the shuttle's left booster) was
visible on the first frame (and subsequent frames) from the
E207 film strip released by Bill Graham, the Acting NASA
Administrator, on February 1, 1986. Look just above the
forward part of the ET, in the lower-center image at this link:

http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v1p26.htm

Along with the black ID band, the significance of this new
marking to proving the fireball crossing is a subject treated
by my book (see below). Whether this new, pre-explosion
marking is what Myron Papadakis referred to in 1989 (and
more recently) as a "shadow" may well be something which
"only the Shadow knows." *I* haven't called it a shadow.

--
John Thomas Maxson, Retired Engineer (Aerospace)
Author, The Betrayal of Mission 51-L (www.mission51l.com)

"John Maxson" wrote in message ...
An anomalous marking (just below the level of the standard
black ID band on the nose of the shuttle's left booster) was
visible on the first frame (and subsequent frames) from the
E207 film strip

http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v1p26.htm

The left booster is not visible in this shot.