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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 Between 17 & 21 Key 1947

2. Time Jurt after dusk - (2030 & 2100)

3. Location Oklahoma City, Okla.

1. Name of observer Byron B. Savage

5. Occupation of observer Field Engineer for Radio Corp of Amer. Holder of a private pilot's license

6. address of observer 41b N. W. 29th St., Oklahoma City, Okla.

7. Place of observation As above

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer

10. Time in sight 15 = 20 seconds

11. altitude 10,000 - 12,000 ft

12. Spood 3 times that of jet

13. Direction of flight $ 1 0 0^{\circ} $ south to $ 3 5 0^{\circ} $ N

14. Tectics straight flight

15. Sound loud swlening sound after passage

16. Size bulk of six B-29's

17. Color frosty white

18. Shape Round but disco-like with no protrusions

19. Odor detected N/S

20. Apparent construction N/S

21. Exhaust trails None

22. Weather conditions N/S

23. Effect on clouds N/S

21. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance flew out of sight

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.