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Similar bitings have been reported in the Pacific. The new cables are still shielded, but much thinner than previously. The third rocket wasn't in firing position, and splashed down in the ocean 300 feet from the pad. It appears that a lightning bolt may have induced a current pulse in the firing leads, triggering the igniters. One of the rockets was scheduled to have been launched shortly thereafter to study night-time thunderstorms and their effect on the atmosphere.