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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. 119 …Color gray 18. Shapo elliptical 19. Odor detected N/8 20. Apparent construction E/S 21…
  • p. 190 …Manner of disappearance disappeared in puff of dark gray smoke 26. Romarks: (over)
  • p. 191 …Upon reaching a 1200 position it was engulfed in a puff of dark gray smoke about…
  • p. 211 …Color Light gray 18. Shape circular 19. Odor dotcetod N/S 20. Apparent construction N/3…
  • p. 212 …Due to their speed he could see only that they were circular and possibly light gray…
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

Incident # 12

1. Date 8 Sept 47

2. Time 230 P. M.

3. Location Logan, Utah

1. Name of observer Mr and Mrs. Richard Anderson

5. Occupation of observer N/S

6. Address of observer Logan, Utah

7. Place of observation Logan, Utah 40° 45' N 111° 54' W

8. Number of objects Approx a dozen

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Tino in sight one to 2 minutes

11. Altitude 2,000 to 3,000 ft

12. Spood "faster then birds"

13. Direction of flight north

15. Tactics circle city in approx one to two minutes observing group formation

15. Sound R/S

16. Size about the size of pigeons

17. Color white and illuminated

18. Shape I/3

19. Oder dotootod X/S

20. Apparent construction I/S

21. Exhaust trails

22. Weather conditions cloudy

23. Effect on clouds I/3

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Warner of disappearance in flight to the north

26. Romarks; (over)

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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.