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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. 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 13 Aug 147

Incid. rt. # 76

2. Tinu N/S

3. Location Salmon Dam JdoQ.

h. Tans of observer County Commissioner Hawkins J. H. Brown

5. Occupation of obgovor County Commissioner N/S

6. . . time of observer N/S

7. Place of observation Salmon Dan

8. Number of objects 2

9. Distance of object from observer several miles away

1C. Time in eight N/3

11. Altitude 4,000 to 6,000 ft

12. Speed great speed

15. Direction of flight N.3

14. Turtles B/S

15. Sound echo of a motor - County Commissioner Hawkins

16. 3120 T/3

17. Color N/3 - reflected light

16. Shape circular

19. Odor detected N/3

20. Apparent construction N/S

21. Exhaust trails N/S

22. Weather conditions N/S

23. Effect on clouds N/S

24. Sketohus or photographs None

25. Manner 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 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.