Documents / Report
This U.S. Air Force compilation, released by the U.S. Department of War, holds numbered checklists and survey sheets for flying object incidents 1 through 100. It covers sightings by officers, test pilots and civilians at Muroc Army Air Field on 7 and 8 July 1947, and sightings by Portland, Oregon police on 4 July 1947. It also includes fireballs seen over California, Nevada and Oregon on 30 December 1947, a Houston fireball, and Finnish reports from January 1948.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: United States. Includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.
“University of Colorado”1 page
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 40
1. Date: 7 July 1947
2. Time 1600
3. Location Phoenix, Arizona
1. . Name of observer William Albert Rhodes
5. Occupation of observer I/8
6. Address of observer 4333 N.14th St., Phoenix, Arizona
7. Place of observation 37° 27' 112° 3'
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer E/S
10. Timo in sight N/8
11. Altitude 2,000 ft to 5,000 ft
12. Speed 400-600 WP
15. Direction of flight N to West
14. Tectics Spiraled down from 5000 $ ^{\circ} $ to 2000 ft and then ascended at $ 4 5^{\circ} $ angle
15. Sound Noise like jet on approach - no sound heard while in view
16. Size 20-30 ft
17. Color gray
18. Shapo elliptical
19. Odor detected N/8
20. Apparent construction E/S
21. Exhaust trails 2/8
22. Weather conditions Cumulus clouds
23. Effect on clouds I/S
2L. Sketches or photographs Photos (2)
25. Mannor of disappearance I/8
26. Romarks: (Over) Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 253 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.