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A * EXHIBIT A e Roy W. Cox, Director of Highways STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSI ON OF KANSAS ‘ Division 3 Norton NOTES TAKEN AT NORCATUR, KANSAS, Night of Feb 18 Mr. Ralph New, Postmaster at Norcatur, tells us that at approximately 4:50 PM he was standing in the north window of the post office in Norcatur looking toward the City 4all when he was suidenly illuminated very brightly by some terrific light. He ran outside into the street where others were looking toward the northeast at a very large clow of white smoke high in the sky. He stated that in about a minute and a half, there was a terrific explosion followed by a heavy rumbling noise like thunder and that the smoke cloud was growing larger all the time. Also there was a white smoke trail in the sky from the southwest where the missile had come from. He said that from the ceriter of the street, the explosion amd the first big mushroom of smoke was directly overhead and at a tremendous height. Another man in Norcatur stated that just prior to the explosion, he had heard the motors of an airplane. Chief Scott learned: from some man in Norton that just following the explosion, something fell at his feet on the street amd he picked it up, to find that it was a small flashlight battery resembling those used in ‘fountain pen flashlights' and that it was red hot. After a crowd of men gathered and examined it, he was unable to findit amd thinks that someone took it. Kenneth Hays of east of “orton was about 5 miles south of Prairie View when he heard something roaring in the sky to the west of him, far away and very high. He says that it resembled a rocket traveling northeast toward Norton direction, and that suddenly there was a terrific explosion followed by a mushroom of white smoke andthat there followed other explosions or something resembling explosions. When he saw it, it was nearing the ground or horizon, in other words, losing altitwie. Edgar Young's boy at Reager, was standing beside the Reager elevator and heard something high over head, looked up to see a very bright flash of light and then a low explosion followed by a big clow of smoke, The airport at Norton thought about 20,000 feet, time 4:50. Checked but no planes missing. ;