U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 340 1. Date: 13 October 1948 2. Time: 5:25 a.m. 3. Location: Manitoba, Canada 4. Name of observer: Mr. G. W. Chapman 5. Occupation of observer: Not stated 6. Address of observer: Not stated 7. Place of observation: While duck hunting approximately one mile south and west of Rivers, Man. 8. Number of objects: 1 9. Distance of object from observer: Not stated 10. Time in sight: 12 to 15 seconds 11. Altitude: [redacted] Did not appear to be very high 12. Speed: Not stated 13. Direction of flight: West to east 14. Tactics: Not stated 15. Sound: Not stated 16. Size: small football 17. Color: ball of fire 18. Shape: small football 19. Odor detected: Not stated 20. Apparent construction: Not stated 21. Exhaust trails: [redacted] Left path of sparking fire about 2 ft in length approx the same depth as the diameter of the object - it grew as object grew in size 22. Weather conditions: Not stated 23. Effect on clouds: Not stated 24. Sketches or photographs: None 25. Manner of disappearance: seemed to explode 26. Remarks: (Over)