[CamperBob2]

It's not about the meteor, it's about the capacity to detect and track it.

[spockz]

So the fact that they release this now means that they have an even better detection and tracking mechanism? Or do they just want others to believe that?

[andrewxdiamond]

This info is classified by default usually. And the memo reads as if astrophysicists were asking the government to confirm or deny this specific bit of info for their research.