hmmm. Called the radio station I heard the news on this morning. The producer said he didn't hear the report. I asked if they recorded the news reports and he said yes but then they record over them when the next segment of the morning show comes on. Funny - Drudge doesn't have anything either. Perhaps it is a "bad" story. If so, ABC needs to fess up. But what reason would they give for doing so? 'Oh, we did it just to see if anyone was listening?' Please. I tried to call ABC. I was sent into the abyss.
Sorry to hear of your bad results.
What station/city did you hear your news report?
My station is a small market - I was fortunate enough to get someone who actually made the same observation I made - "no bottle rocket can go 6,000 feet..."
Also, and according to RinaseaofDs, no flare can come close to 6,000 feet either.