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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 28 June 47

Incidort # 53

2. Time 1515 C3T

3. Location 30 miles northwest of Lake Meade, Nevada

1. Name of observer 1st Lt Eric B. Armstrong

5. Occupation of observer Ferry Division, Brooks Inc., n antonio, Texas

6. Address of observer 170th AF Base Unit, Ferry Div. Brooke Fld., San Antonio, Texas

7. Fluct of observation 30 miles NW of Lake Meade (from air)

8. Number of objects 5 or 6

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Time in sight N/S

11. Altitude 6,000

12. Speed 285 MPH

15. Direction of flight $ 1 2 0^{\circ} $ (NW)

14. Torties horizontal very close formation

15. Sound N/S

16. Size 30" indiameter

17. Color white

16. Shape circular

19. Cdor dotoetod N/S

20. apparent construction N/S

21. Exhaust trails N/S

22. Weather conditions N/S

23. Effect on clouds N/S

21. Skotches or photographs None

25. Mannor of disappearance N/S

26. Romarks: (over)

Cases discussed

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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.