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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. 31 …FLAKING SEA, NOISE LACKING. First to report in were Patrolmen Walter Lirey and Robert Bills in…
  • p. 46 …The port will be located in a place with a good view of the sea and…
  • p. 111 …Place of observation At sea, 20 miles offshore, 40 miles south of Cape Blanco, Oregon 8…
  • p. 146 …Fanner of disappearance fell into sea 26. Romarks: (over)
  • p. 148 …Manner of disappearance fell into sea 26. Remarks: (over)
  • p. 159 …A long chase ensued commencing over the North Sea about 50 miles from the Dutch Coast…
  • p. 192 …Altitud 6,000 ft from sea level 12. Spood N/S 15. Direction of flight 11…
  • p. 193 While prospecting in the Cascade Mts some 5,000 ft above sea level he noticed a…
  • p. 217 …Direction of flight NW toward sea 14. Tactics revolved 15. Sound N/S 16. Siao N…
  • p. 218 …moving in a northwesterly direction toward the sea. He observed the object several minutes during which…
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

Incident # 61

1. Date 7 July 1947

2. Time 0900 noire

3. Location Sickam Village #2

h. Name of observer Mr. Daniel Sito

5. Occupation of observer Air Communications Sections, Newark, nicken Tld.

S. Address of observer N/S - Could be contacted at Hickem Fld

7. Place of observation vicinity of Hickem Villages?

8. Number of objects 1 - a large balloon with a silver disc mounted below it.

9. Distance of object from observer N/5

10. Time in eight few minutes

11. Altitude 6.000 ft

12. Spend slow

13. Direction of flight NW toward sea

14. Tactics revolved

15. Sound N/S

16. Siao N/S

17. Color silver

18. Shape spherical - like large balloon with disc attached

19. Oder dotetod N/S

20. Apparent construction N/S

21. Exhaust trails N/S

22. Weather conditions cloudy

23. Effoet on elouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Hanner of disappearance lost among the clouds

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.