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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. 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…

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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 30 June 1947

2. Time 0910 MST

3. Location Near Williams Field over Grand Canyon, Arizona

1. Name of observer Lt William G. McGinty, USN

5. Occupation of observer P=80 student, William Flä, Chandler, Ariz.

6. address of observer William Fld., Chandler, Ariz.

7. Place of observation plane

8. Number of objects 2

9. Distance of object from observer N/5

10. Time in sight N/6

11. Altitude decreasing from 35,000 ft

12. Spood "inconceivable"

13. Direction of flight straight down

15. Tueties N/S

15. 3 second N/S

16. Size 8 ft in dia.

17. Color Light gray

18. Shape circular

19. Odor dotcetod N/S

20. Apparent construction N/3

21. Exhaust trails E/S

22. Wonthor conditions N/S

23. Effect on clouds N/5

21. Sketches or photographs none

25. Manner of disappearance Seemed to have hit ground some 25 miles south of the South Rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona

26. Romarks: (over)

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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.