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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 GLM-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. 152 …Location Hamilton Fld., Calif h. Name of observer Capt William H. Ryherd 5. Occupation of observer…
  • p. 154 …Location Hamilton Fld.. California h. Name of observer Ward L. Stewart 5. Occupation of observer 1st…
  • p. 155 …miles on preliminary approach for landing at Hamilton Fld. Object was estimated to be following P…
  • p. 164 …Name of observer Mrs Messrs Maitland, Larkin, Douglas and Hamilton 5. Occupation of observer All employees…
  • p. 247 The Fairfield Control Tower obtained a report at approximately 2300 EST 30 Dec 47 from Hamilton…

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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 3 Sept 47

2. Tino 1215

5. Location Oswego, Oregon

4. Name of observer Mrs. Raymond Dupui

b. Occupation of observer N/S

6. address of observer X/S

7. Place of observation Oswego, Oregon

3. Number of objects 12 to 15

9. Distance of object from observer I/S

10. Time in sight X/S

11. altitude high

12. Spcod B/S

13. Direction of flight I/S

11. Tactics E/S

15. Sound X/S

16. Size X/S

17. Color silver

18. Shapo round

19. Odor detected I/S

20. Apparent construction M/S

21. Exhaust trails I/S

22. Weather conditions M/S

23. Effect on clouds X/3

24. Skotches or photographs none

25. Manner of disappearance B/S

26. Romarks: 12 to 15 round silver objects seen at high altitude above Oswego, Oregon at 1215, 3 Sept 47 while witness was observing a local plane flying overhead.

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Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 253 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.