DOW UAP D088 US AirForce Analysis of Flying Objects in the US 101 172

) 0 , . - J 1 ~ ~<:JL . Authority: NND 917033 ' ED F'L 'Ji-; OBJ~TS l . L'bt 18 Febnlary 1948 101 3 ; l..o i cn 1 oroatur, ~.,... 5. Oc cupati on o f obqo rvor F.di tor " • .-id r ::s of o l' c o r vo r Horton, K su 7 , Pl a c of ob~ r ~ t i on or catur , Kan s 10 . Ti.,o in c i ·ht N/s 11 . ,di. tt udo 30 - }5 mi.loo above earth l~ . S pood N/S .., ,, ir 'i One b ~ explosion - "a!t.erwarde a lot ot little explonons" 16. c:; 11; 0 N/S 17 . Col er Bluuh""'ft'hite smoke smw i e l'; . O<ior d ot votod N/ ,"> 'C . .. p ph r unt r.ons r ur.t1,.n Meteor r l. ErJuu.a:; t t r 11s _.,.. Blu1ah-,.iftt e:ooke smudge :On-t.hur conditi on s 14/S 23 . Eff t o:. c loud s U/ S r. r 24 . Sk ot ch •s or pt t or r .. pts Photo of vapor trail left in sky by 8xPlcs1oo ?5 . Monn1J r of disn pp,Jor nnco Disintecrat1oo 20 . Romn r ks : Oscar Monni&, of the Tex pt t or r .. pts Photo of vapor trail left in sky by 8xPlcs1oo ?5 . Monn1J r of disn pp,Jor nnco Disintecrat1oo 20 . Romn r ks : Oscar Monni&, of the Tex 8.8 Observnre, JDB.teur As tronomy, 1010 Monunl81de Dr1Te, rt. orti1 , of f ers "tanpble proot th at u, fir· ball r -I ., .. • -· of February 18 over ncrtt.ern l\ansas was just t.hat, inasrmch as meteorites have been recovered tron i t. 11 Thore were found , be(;ir nine 1.prU 211, first sever al su.lla fra..,-en:.s JJ) to ore of 4 1/2 pounds . Then a disturl ed spot in a clover f'ield led to "the di i:giI1e up of a r i PC& of so e 109 po\l1llls e edded about two feet in the soil. The st.one i s nhat is tenred aa an "achondrite", a technical name f or an unusual cy-pe or stony m teorite. It is reported t o be of a tYJ hi ch will detAriora~a rapidly. A p otorrHph or t r e trail of the meteor, r:l.'.lde by amateur p.otor,r ~her Duane ,I. ~"fr117 of Nortor , shows tho vapor hi ch will detAriora~a rapidly. A p otorrHph or t r e trail of the meteor, r:l.'.lde by amateur p.otor,r ~her Duane ,I. ~"fr117 of Nortor , shows tho vapor tridl left in the sky by t.he t,ew -exic o, Colorado , exploaiol"'l of a ~eteor whi ch wa s secl'I 1r Oklahooa, Kansas, ard uebr .,~ka . It wu m:.de at. uray 1s },oae, ni.Je mil,-.s rort·1 or Norton , jlPt tour r.,inutes after the teer XJ loded . A ~r:n.cce of blue ­ wliite smoktio remained in the sky £or an hour 1''ebruary Wth . craph is in tile under lri i ent '1101 . '!'his pboto ­ Furthe r r emarke are contained in supplemen t . r (COPY) 323 W. Ton1,h t., Pueblo, Colorado February 20, 1948 Uffi<•e of the Chief of J tnff u. ,ash.in n, D. C. . ~rrr:, S1Jbject: Purpose: l si ,, in the sky near l!orcntur, ..ans. L:00 p. n . ('",T) February lt, 19l,it To call at.ten ti.on t.o so peculiarities in connection, whe her coincid ntal er not AccordinG to 'Vl AP bulletin ur, ..ans. L:00 p. n . ('",T) February lt, 19l,it To call at.ten ti.on t.o so peculiarities in connection, whe her coincid ntal er not AccordinG to 'Vl AP bulletin appeari"' 1n the Pueblo CHIEFTAIN for Fehruary US , 19116, sone ohj ect was seeu moving eastward across the sky or tt-.n late artemoon of 1" bruary IBth, ard en this UiinG re'lcl ed a po:iition ap1,roxi.mate to l!orcatur , Kansas, c:xploded , or disrupted, or disappeared. The ex­ t.o ha· e been terrific. plosion is said Dir,..ction:i gi.vi::n as to •he prccress or tJ is appearance i n­ rticate Unt it rii< ved from west to east. Information con ,ained in t,hc dispatch under a Denver dateline in1i ·ate that e . , . , expl din meteor - Vbservator y (iJenvor) did not so assess it : U e dispatch that t ile mar,y would call this object a bolide - se offic1al• could offer no explanation the astronomP.rs of Chamberlin it is said in of it. If this 1.s t 1 tseli to other meteoric expla nation . ca· e, the a ;:,para.nee is anomalous , a nd may lend A sb tch~iaGJ"Bm of t is said in of it. If this 1.s t 1 tseli to other meteoric expla nation . ca· e, the a ;:,para.nee is anomalous , a nd may lend A sb tch~iaGJ"Bm of t culiarity in coMcction wi tt thP appearance , 1'hich may be &1E;nJ.ficant . ~ earth and moon I s orbit reveals a pe ­ Ir a line i s s •r icken r..it r ight- anrl"'s 'lcross the meridio"'a.l position o r the s:ite of expl "'sion argl • fo •ir o'clock (local time) and t ds line be con::idered the west- to-eai:;t cours of thP object, tten it will bo St en t 1at if • iB line i .. c !'It n' d tward ir to 'lpace toward t.ho orbit of t t e moon it will intersect the lunar orbit at a pla h urs after the explosion t .,ok } lace. nPar to wt re the moon would be at fron 60 to one huncir ed r this oeteor at hour Uew moon occ11rrud at 9 0 10 H 2 U Februarn First uurt er at 1 7D 12. 5 do r rees per d::i:• alon 1~ its orbit. the noon ciov s -i1 I r ox1111ately . F'e' ruary - 'H -- - ----•~----- arn First uurt er at 1 7D 12. 5 do r rees per d::i:• alon 1~ its orbit. the noon ciov s -i1 I r ox1111ately . F'e' ruary - 'H -- - ----•~----- - It is held by rocketry experts (example, WILLY LEY - see his ROCKE'IS, p. 192, diagram and note in c onne c tion there­ with) that it wol,ll.d take about 100 hours f or a rocket-craf t to negotiate the di stance from Earth to Moon. Prior to its ~xplosion over Norcatur, this object of Feb. 18th was variously reported as a "falling plane", a " jet plane", and a It is said by some to have l eft a trail of smoke behind it. ''ball of fire 11 • It is the suggestion of this writer that the Army collect am assimilate reports on this obj ect , with a view t o determining where it was seen as an object trailint: smoke and llhe re as a ball of f ire. If this thing is a r ocket of some kind headed fo r the moon, it might first have been seen as a streak of s r.oke, then later as a ball of fire , and las tly as a tremendous ex­ plosion when it at last reached sufficient speed and eleva­ tion for take-off . The writer has in mind the various and unexplained r e1., later as a ball of fire , and las tly as a tremendous ex­ plosion when it at last reached sufficient speed and eleva­ tion for take-off . The writer has in mind the various and unexplained r e1.,orts on "!lying saucers", and bases this speculation upon a lonb c onsideration of various oddments of reports whose significance might be of epace-craf t f r om other worlds of space. The so- called "meteori c procession" which crossed Tor on t o in February 1913, consisted of a number of u oups or illimunated bodies traveling in v oups of thre e an:l moving in "rigid formation", all pursuing a course acr oss the same streak of the earth's surface . backward along ·t his line of fli ght it will be seen that this line "comes out" at the position of the moon at the time . The 1913 phenomenon occ urred in the mid-period of a series of reports on dirigible aircraft of appearance like zeppelins which were seen over :&, gland an:i whos e appearance terminated - or reports on the appearances stopped - of April 24, 19 13 . j ust prior to the inferior conjt.mc tion of Venus J.r a line is proj ected The writer begs to call attention to the f act that the times prior to and just after inferior conjunction of Venus are prolific in r eports of stran ge t inferior conjt.mc tion of Venus J.r a line is proj ected The writer begs to call attention to the f act that the times prior to and just after inferior conjunction of Venus are prolific in r eports of stran ge t hin gs seen i n the sky. Also t }at lights have been r eported on t he moon from time to time, back f or at l east a century. Ir in thr future of mil itary experiment the moon is selected as a base for the launching of r ockets (which has been sugges ted by some writers), it may be wel l to look first 2 - i·1to •·er orts like Vis one or1 Lhe explosion ovf"r Norcatur aw1 1.hc di t·PctioT' 1)1' the nhject in•,olved . Tl·ere is n r,os:,i. bilitv , 1 O\-rev"'r r cMote this r:iay seem, that tlte moon is e· ther inrabited or in use b:v other ti an hlll"lan he: t1 ;S . .1.011rs , /s/ N )Pl.\AN GARRETT !.lARKHAM It ma~, do not harm tn ,Tatch the moon fo r possible arrival of t .1 s th i ng in the quarter a t ~o to 100 101.1r fi after "its uepar·tur e" . lJG!.1 3 IJ ... ( COPY) FILE REF: - SIGGE-U- possible arrival of t .1 s th i ng in the quarter a t ~o to 100 101.1r fi after "its uepar·tur e" . lJG!.1 3 IJ ... ( COPY) FILE REF: - SIGGE-U-1 From: To: • Subject: Purpos-e: ' .I.larch 14, 1948 Norman G. Uarkham MAIN HOT£L, Pueblo, Colo Chief ~ignal Of fic er U. s . Army, ,ashington, D. C • Norcatur , ~s., sky explosion of lS February, 1946 To shc,,r a speculation regard­ ing tho above phenomenon and another one of earlier date and to call attention to occurrences between the two which have an appearance of relationship whether coinci­ dental or not. The geographical position of the Norcatur explosion s uggests poss ible linka.!;8 with other occurrences happening inside latitooinal limits arbitrarily demarkable between 43 ° 36 1 North (which is the lati tooe of Ooise, Idaho) and 36° 10 1 North ( the lati tu:ie of Nashville, Tenn.)., a belt about 485 miles wide. 'lbis suegestion is gained from positions given for occurrences happening between June 24., 1947 and February 18 , 1948, as s hall be hereinaft er briefly described, THE OOISE (Idaho) OBJECT- This was seen either beginnin{.! or ending at 330 pm 24 June between June 24., 1947 and February 18 , 1948, as s hall be hereinaft er briefly described, THE OOISE (Idaho) OBJECT- This was seen either beginnin{.! or ending at 330 pm 24 June 1947 am was visible for 20 minutes. It was in the western sky, was of comet-li~ appearance, and settled gradually toward the horizon ae planetary bodiea set. It was seen bo.r Lt. Gov. Whitehead •u)j Chief Jus tice Lartpert. Its nature was unknmm . The peculiarity which connects this object, for speculative purposes, with the explosion of some unknown object over 1~orcatur, Kans ., on 18 l!'ebruary 1948 is the seeming of a relationship between the positions of the moon for the two phenomena: In the form2r case the moon was at the date of phenomenon, about 7%, 63 before the positionof First Quart er; on the second case i t was about 8%. 73 beyotxi the position of first quarter. Since the Boise object was visible for 20 minutes be fore it sank this argues it was about ten deil"ees a bove the horizon when fi?1J t seen. Now if a line be dra1'l'l westward and at ten degrees zenithward from the : , " l \ horizon of Boise at 3:30 p . m. and another l ine be dra"'ft'll t seen. Now if a line be dra1'l'l westward and at ten degrees zenithward from the : , " l \ horizon of Boise at 3:30 p . m. and another l ine be dra"'ft'll from tbe position of the o oon a t one hundred hours before the s ighting of the Boise object, and projected to t he center of the earth, it will be seen that this ten ­ degrees-altitude and the moon-earth line intersect as a place tar above a geographical position considerably to the west of Cape Bla11ce, in the neighborhoodof about 700 miles off the coast. The Boise object in its appearance suggests a rocket-type ar craft possibly using r eaction blasts to brake itself down for a landing on the earth. The brig"lt point and plumy tail of the de scription suggest this, as also its apparent fixity in space. HOLLE ' S 11SHIP Ir F1J\MES " - Nine days after the siehting of the Boise object a forest lookout named F..arl Holle saw at o r soon after 4:00 p . m. , 3rd July, 1 ,47, something he took to be a "tanker in flame s" . This was seen horizon -ward f r om a point 1n Sonoma Gounty, Cali fornia , n ear to Fort Roos . A search waR inst:!. w ted by the Navy or Coast Guard, and flame s" . This was seen horizon -ward f r om a point 1n Sonoma Gounty, Cali fornia , n ear to Fort Roos . A search waR inst:!. w ted by the Navy or Coast Guard, and nothing was foum . Tho s ov;et tanker ELBRUZ , w'1idl had been in t.he vicinity, was quer i.ed a rd found to b~ all right. This was not explained. Ir this apperance had been on the hor izon, there is no telling how far it may have been from the observer . CAPE MENDOCINO BLDAP H'CIDENT - Hot far from the l ocati on of Holle 's " burnini; ship" an accident occurred to a navy blimp, 14 July 1947, off Cape t,1endocino. This blimp soodenly settled into the water , slipped out its crew and rose ai;ain . '1110 anoMaly here is that one would not expect to find drastic do'Tm-<:lrafts of such violence as to thus upset a lighter than air craft. Possibly a dovmdr :ift a ccounted ror t ~ accident - but if the Signal Officer will look up the incident of the British steamer Talma w',ich, at the time of the sighting of a luminous wheel- like phenomenon in the Gulf of Llartaban, reported a s lowin r: of the engines from some unknO\ of the British steamer Talma w',ich, at the time of the sighting of a luminous wheel- like phenomenon in the Gulf of Llartaban, reported a s lowin r: of the engines from some unknO\m cause, it may be seen that possibly forces are ,-:enerated in son:e manner by certain unk11own ohjects at time s in t he or ean, whi ch may have physical attraction for materj al objects . othP r phenomena shortly to be mentioned, seems to have a doubtful side t.o it. 1'1is blimp ace idP.nt occurring in waters where occnrred !!.arly on the mor ninc; of 13th Octob0 r, 1947, a TI 1E OAKIAIID ODJ"EX;T - photographer named Hen Dobus togehter with a taxidriver named A. J. Goldman saw a thing "that looke d like Saturn with a rinc around it." lt shot at terrific speed WEST,7AfID across the sky of the Bay area, anci was seen shortly after midnight . 2 This may have been heading in the general direction of what may ha ve been the goal of two later objects which r oughly resemble it in descripti on. THE TICOODEROGA OBJEC'IS - According to the tanker Ticonderoga's secom officer, two "nyinc discs " were seen heading SOU'IHWE:3T when the ship was in 43 resemble it in descripti on. THE TICOODEROGA OBJEC'IS - According to the tanker Ticonderoga's secom officer, two "nyinc discs " were seen heading SOU'IHWE:3T when the ship was in 43 degrees fifteen minutes north and 124 degrees 54 minutes west, at 0620 GCT, 12th November 1947. These may have been heading f or the object seen in the Pacific off the Golden Gate, not long afterward - or possibly at the same time, if earlier reports on this are consulted. • .THE PHAN'IOM REEF - On November 24, 1947, the Navy denied that it had found a phantom reef or other obstruction to navigation at a point about 4oO miles west of San Francisco. TM Navay Survey ship MAURY, s ent out there in r esponse to reports of ships that s ome hugh object had been seen in the water in tha t neighborhood , reported that when in the approximate 1 titude and long:1.tu:ie of the supposed obstruction they picked up an echo from soll8thing in the wa+.er 16oo yards f rom the ship; but that Tfhen they had steamed to within 4oo yards of thi s, the echo vanished. There seems a possible connectability between the various elements so tar considered. Later on January 7, 194.S, there were occurrences in the neighborhood o! \filmington, within 4oo yards of thi s, the echo vanished. There seems a possible connectability between the various elements so tar considered. Later on January 7, 194.S, there were occurrences in the neighborhood o! \filmington, o ., Ft. Knox, Ky., Franklin, Ky., am Nashville , Tenn., all of which must be now familiar to the archivists of the Signal Office. Something like a "fl¥ing disc" was pursued by one Lt. Mantell arrl two other pilots, ~antel being killed while in the process of att emptin g to gain altitooe to get close to whatever it was he was chasing. Also, in this connection , it may not be amiss to mention the deaths of two military officer& ,mo were said to have been bringing back material evidence from "flying discs" one of which was said to have met with some kind of accident over .14aury Island, Puget Sound, around June, 1947. It Will be seen on inspection that the geographical locales of these incidents fit inside the belt of latitu:ies hereinbefore mentioned. 'mE NORCATUR EXPLOSION was described in a previous letter of this writer, an:i it was shown in that letter that a line tangential to the meridian of Norcatur, Kans ., at hour-angle 2:20 p.m., would if con­ tinued outward into space to the orbit of the moon , was shown in that letter that a line tangential to the meridian of Norcatur, Kans ., at hour-angle 2:20 p.m., would if con­ tinued outward into space to the orbit of the moon , intersect the moon's orbit at a point where the moon would have been at about 100 hours after the time of the explosion. Accordin g to r ocketry theory, it would take a reaction-propelled craft of the rocket type about 100 hours to reach the moon. ! p , . . ! sub,i. t there is n likelihood t.hn t. on .J1u11,1 2!,, 19!17, ~:mn,•thini; like a sp:ic c-sl i• ca• , l •~e fr om the r10011 and 1won Februar:· 1g, 19hS, returned to • hP. J'!IOnn . 'M1is is of ~ r.;n spcculill.i 'ln . 8•11. has ., nyone :,,,t, cxplatnel t.ho p1•etty-well proven fa<" ts in conuccti on vrith t.t,om? '1fl·:int; disc:. 11 in ter1:1s of all th~ lla!l an·,one vet devised .s fuel powurful enough t o k~ck , r ocket !"rom ,-.1rt!. to l.o !.!0011? Th"'re la·~ beer hw lreus o!." reports, durlnc an·,one vet devised .s fuel powurful enough t o k~ck , r ocket !"rom ,-.1rt!. to l.o !.!0011? Th"'re la·~ beer hw lreus o!." reports, durlnc the pnst century, on oc~ 1rr,•nces which implv this world is visited from outside space. Alis, nee ,,f c..r1tact hy these po11tul-itahle visiting entiti,•s ma.v imply a st.ate of C)t lt.urt? frir beyond ours, to the point ffh(?l'e it wo11 l.d be inP.X­ pediPn t. !'or th.,i r ·.,.obers to han. to do "ith us en-r.iasse. lhese reports hive na vPr Ileen seriously considered by science, wh ich in general il?)'lore~ them . .o Dr . Rocr.t of Chamborlin Obsnrvatory , Jenver, there Howevr•r , acco!'dir,1 is not ,int ir. astr or~or.iy to expl ain the thing which expl oded over Norcatur. Jr . Ninin11e r 1s idea that t.he thint wa~ a meteor fl:ltly di3rei:;ards Dr. Rocht ' s opinion, wl it-h may have been based on the Jknver losts • statement that a nver ll'l"l'11.n saw t..he "orc:itur object twenty rninutes before the eXt,losion occurred. s opinion, wl it-h may have been based on the Jknver losts • statement that a nver ll'l"l'11.n saw t..he "orc:itur object twenty rninutes before the eXt,losion occurred. rmy needs men who are capable or r ecoenizing Un anomalies I sub, .l t th·,t the beforeri,•n ti oMd when they OC" ur , even if only to aid in s ecula tion r egarding tnm . The und,-rslrned off~rs his ser Jices to +.J1at erd, if t.he Arr,y may wish to avail itself of tl·em. /s/ N. r.. rtARKJ.IAM 4 a ,a . l Excerpt of letter dated April 11, 1948 from Dr. Lincoln LaPu, Director, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Deputy Executive Director, Committee on Geophys ical Science~, Research and Development Board: (1) the fir~ball procession of 1913 , February 9, waa Thank you for the surprising documents sent roe under date of March 3(). As you remark, certain aspects of Markham's letters a re fantastic (for example: genuinely meteoric, although a rare type of chain fall; (2) no astronomer could take seriously Markham's 11invasion by beings from Venus or the Moon"­ theory: <,) he appeals to, and biases in his meteoric, although a rare type of chain fall; (2) no astronomer could take seriously Markham's 11invasion by beings from Venus or the Moon"­ theory: <,) he appeals to, and biases in his favor, such untrustworthy evidence as newspaper stories, e.g., the absurd statement a ttributed to Dr. Rocht of the Chamberlin Observatory) . Nevertheless, Markham is justi­ fied in calling attention to certain incidents as tD1explained, for example, the 11flyin 6 lenses" (in my opinion 99% hoax and imagination and 1% r eal). As r egards the Norcatur, Kansas incident, I remain convinced t hat, like the Four Corners incident, it was a genuine meteorite fall, although one of exceptional size (again like the Four Corners f all ) . Hovrever, there are many curious aspects of bot h these falls, some of an objective nature, like the singular fact that in spite of intensive searches (ad­ mittedly tmder bad terrain a nd weather conditions), not a t race of meteoritic material has so far been found; some of a non-objective nature, like the amazing testimony given by Mr . Leland Sammons, Mr. Alfred Gle:m , . and other witnesses of the Norcatur incident, both to members of the State H1gtiway Commiss ion of Kansas and to l nstitute of Meteoritics field survey Mr . Leland Sammons, Mr. Alfred Gle:m , . and other witnesses of the Norcatur incident, both to members of the State H1gtiway Commiss ion of Kansas and to l nstitute of Meteoritics field survey parties. (See exhibits A, B, am C enclosed.) Some comment on such testimony as appears in 1i.,B, and C would seem desirable: 1 . Glenn first reported the battery case as red hot. hhen I pointed out that the pa·'er on it was not charred, his account was changed to "too hot to handle". The Institute of Meteoritics party found only two men, not four, who saw the battery case fall. The battery case '1as been examined by Dr. New "'exico, who stat.es that it appears to be identical witn the small batteries used in portable radios. 11ictor Regener, Department of Physics, University or 2. K. Hays ' identification of the Norcatur object as a rocket has the following support: On the morning of February 19, I talked to the to,rer man and two assistants at the Air Base at McCook Field, Neb!'aska. All three denied the Norcatur object was a fireball and described it as a filack object with an extremely bright jet of flame pouring out of t he rear. Furthermore, a l h-year old, and presumably unbiased, schoolgirl in Oberlin, Kansas catur object was a fireball and described it as a filack object with an extremely bright jet of flame pouring out of t he rear. Furthermore, a l h-year old, and presumably unbiased, schoolgirl in Oberlin, Kansas wrote me a similar description of the "Fireball." 3. A detonnined ettort is umer way to chock up on Sammons ' veracity ( and sanity!) I hove neither seen nor talknd to -'aMnOna, but another Qlllber or he Institute of J.lcteoritics pnrty (Dr . D. M. Gragg, an Instructor in the e po "t.l'tent or Mathematics) l'mO did so believes Samons (who is a well- to-do !armor ) to be sincere am very b~ly scared . Or course nearness to a bi& 111eteor1te fall would scare one as b:id~ as an atom bomb; but •1ow could i t produce such tes timony as morns" . The 11mP.te itic" incidents fr the great fall ot 1~5, >veraber 29 (from "1i i ch no meteorites have been recover ed eithP.r !) throuih tho sequonce of ai ilar falls culminating in the Four Com~rs and ' lorcatur inci~ents, coupled With ., uch t incs as the Ussuri incident, convince me that ei. t 11er t 1.3 earth 1:; unr culminating in the Four Com~rs and ' lorcatur inci~ents, coupled With ., uch t incs as the Ussuri incident, convince me that ei. t 11er t 1.3 earth 1:; unrfer a rro--• nusual cosmic bombardNnt or t"18TIY ot the fire balls are not meteorites at all. While I still cling to the 1D1Jteoritic h:,pothes1!1, it is clear that which evP-r Alternat ive is tie ri,1lt one, t he situation c-ries alou::t for thoroll(;h i nvestigation. .. ··~, t Tl(> u ! ... " l .... 1 . n r t . n i .1. liv•• 11 l c; i •• l wao s·~,,1 lis ,. 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I t must h:ive heen q,nte l j .h 1,.rt w , l'f: 1 st, n,J, :md we wntchP. ! it • , , le vinr .:i tra U nJ' nmokn ·••l le ly U,c-r,, was a {,'l'fl,i t. cloud uf' s .oke in t.l.e sl<y , r ot mor o tt an :a:c;t i1 ,_. 1,v C"a r 1rior to t,ht> vccur:rt1nce , wettir t lot. o•· -:parks ' s .oke in t.l.e sl<y , r ot mor o tt an :a:c;t i1 ,_. 1,v C"a r 1rior to t,ht> vccur:rt1nce , wettir t lot. o•· -:parks shol're r "'d fr m i1. , an I •.I .. fli·e tJ1e t' in~: star t ed up heeu t~c 1.hcre was cs , it ,1a: h ut., 1 c·,ld reel tt,,,. rear I 1.rt>n s1.epo,J uff from :Jt'l 1,01.1..cie tc- vtlr•re it. narl 'een , .:mi it t'r •r.ii1. . Harl lno t t..hf're would i,;round , - - - - - - - - - i<rmnct.h •·a.r.: , s, n of Flo·,d ltw-::. , 11, rr.iles east of I ort.on on ll:i :;&, at the Jct . 'lien t..he 1 to ,.,. south -west, • K-1--(), sn11t,h rirlc r~ i,tw>'1,•· . 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