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Apollo 8 reentry seen as ball of fire by pilot over Pacific
Pan American flight 811 captain Capt. Jake Marcum reported Apollo 8 entering the atmosphere from Honolulu toward Sydney. He described a red ball of fire with a long incandescent white streamer, as NASA relayed the sighting and noted favorable weather and a clear splashdown path.
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Sydney
Australia
Jake Marcum
Pan American Flight 811
Honolulu
Marcum
Pan Am
Jim Lyons
NASA