Did interceptor hit its target?
Despite optics failure, officials say Fort Wingate missile was hit

A Hera missile launched from Fort Wingate makes it way toward White Sands Missile Range Thursday Morning. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Gaye Brown de Alvarez
Staff writer

FORT WINGATE — When Gallup resident Gloria Lopez was going to work Thursday morning she looked into the sky and saw what she thought may be a plane crash in the Zuni mountains.

“It looked like aluminum foil coming down,” Lopez said. “It was really pretty.”

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