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

U.S. Department of War · 253 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 31 …FLAKING SEA, NOISE LACKING. First to report in were Patrolmen Walter Lirey and Robert Bills in…
  • p. 46 …The port will be located in a place with a good view of the sea and…
  • p. 111 …Place of observation At sea, 20 miles offshore, 40 miles south of Cape Blanco, Oregon 8…
  • p. 146 …Fanner of disappearance fell into sea 26. Romarks: (over)
  • p. 148 …Manner of disappearance fell into sea 26. Remarks: (over)
  • p. 159 …A long chase ensued commencing over the North Sea about 50 miles from the Dutch Coast…
  • p. 192 …Altitud 6,000 ft from sea level 12. Spood N/S 15. Direction of flight 11…
  • p. 193 While prospecting in the Cascade Mts some 5,000 ft above sea level he noticed a…
  • p. 217 …Direction of flight NW toward sea 14. Tactics revolved 15. Sound N/S 16. Siao N…
  • p. 218 …moving in a northwesterly direction toward the sea. He observed the object several minutes during which…
1. Date 7 Jan 48

2. Time between 7:20 and 7:55 P.M.

3. Location Milminton, Ohio

4. Name of observer s Gale F. Walter, James Hudson M/Sgt Irvin H. Lewis, S/Sgt John P. Haug, Sgt Harold E. Olvis & T/Sgt

5. Occupation of observer Control Tower operators Leroy Ziegler and 4 members of the alert crew

6. Address of observer Clinton County Air Base

7. Place of observation Clinton County AP Base Control Tower

5. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer I/S

10. Tino in sight 35 minutes

11. altitudo I/S

12. Speed terrific bursts of speed

13. Direction of flight SW

11h. Tactics hung suspended in the air at intervals and then gained and lost altitude at seemingly terrific bursts of speed

15. Sound B/S

16. Sizo X/S

17. Color red

18. Shapo gone

19. Odor dotoetod N/S

20. Apparent construction "fire"

21. Exhaust trails gaseous green mist

22. Weather conditions Heavy layer of clouds

23. Effect on clouds intense brightness of sky phenomena pierced thru a heavy layer of clouds passing intermittently over the area

24. Skotches or photographs BONE

25. Nanner of disappearance disappeared over horizon

26. Romarks: (Over)

Cases discussed

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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.