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By age 7, Daniel J. Koch (“Dan”) knew he wanted to be a meteorologist. A deadly tornado struck his hometown the year he was born, and that was all anyone could talk about for years afterward. That spurred his interest in the weather at a young age.

After high school he earned a degree in meteorology from Northern Illinois University.

Dan spent thirty-two years as a government meteorologist, working for the National Weather Service (NWS). His job took him to various duty stations across the United States, from the Midwest to Texas, to the desert southwest, back to Texas again, and finally to the deep South.

When he started his career, emergency services forwarded many UFO reports to local NWS offices. Dan was a skeptic and felt that most sighti ...more

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	Deadly Artifact (Classified Skies Book 1) 4.08 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Deadly Artifact 2nd Edition

Deadly Artifact 2nd Edition has been released, which contains some corrections. Several reviewers had commented that the middle of the book slowed down a bit too much, and I made some adjustments to improve the pacing.

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