Aguadilla, Puerto Rico DHS/CBP DHC-8 WESCAM MX-15D Thermal Track
Rafael Hernández Airport / Aguadilla Coastal Waters, Puerto Rico • NARA RG 563 & RG 615 / DHS CBP Air and Marine Operations Thermal Tape
Archived in PURSUE Release 04 from DHS / U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, a Bombardier DHC-8 maritime patrol aircraft recorded 3 minutes and 54 seconds of calibrated L-3 WESCAM MX-15D 3–5 μm thermal video over Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (18.49°N, -67.13°W) on April 25, 2013. The 1.5 m (5 ft) object maneuvered at 365 m (1,200 ft / 0.365 km / 0.23 mi) and 95 mph (0.042 km/s) before entering the Atlantic Ocean without splash signature or deceleration. Coastal low-altitude airspace monitoring combines 10x50 binoculars[↗] with an ADS-B receiver[↗], digital anemometer[↗], and RTK GPS module[↗] to distinguish wind-borne thermal lanterns from powered transmedium tracks.
Spatiotemporal CNEOS + J2 TLE analysis for Aguadilla, Puerto Rico DHS/CBP DHC-8 WESCAM MX-15D Thermal Track at (18.49°, -67.13°), altitude 0.36 km (0.23 mi / 1,198 ft), velocity 94 mph (0.04 km/s): Nearest cataloged NASA CNEOS bolide is cneos-fb-52-202502071725 at 1,074.3 km / 667.5 mi great-circle separation (2025-02-07 17:25:57, Δt=4307 days), yielding 29% bolide match probability, 12% J2-propagated TLE flare likelihood, and 85/100 kinematic anomaly score.