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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.

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“Hamilton”5 pages

  • 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…
# CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 12:05 P. M.

2. Time 29 July 17

3. Location 1/4 mile NW of Canyon while proceeding NW along road leading from Canyon Ferry to York - some 25 miles NE of -eleva

4. Name of observer R. J. Madlen et al

5. Occupation of observer Division Plant Engr., the Pac. Tel & Tel Co.

6. Address of observer The Pec. Tel & Tel Co.

7. Place of observation 25 NL of Helene, Montens

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer 2 to 3 miles

10. Timo in sight 5 : ecac. ds +

11. Altitudo 3,000 ft

12. Spood tremendous

13. Diroction of flight NE

15. Tactics hovering - rising and descending thru vertical distance of some 50-100 ft - then swooping to the NE at tremendous speed

15. Sound N/5

16. Size 3 ft in dia x 3 or 4 inches in thickness - as seen from observer's viewpoint. - apparently nuge

17. Color like polished nickel

18. Shape circular

19. Odor detected N/S

20. Apparont construction like polished nickel

21. Exhaust trails N/S

22. Weather conditions blue sky with scattered small clouds. Bright sunshine causing disc to gleam and shimmer

23. Effect on clouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance "melted into thin air"

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.