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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 PLYING OBJECTS

Incidunt 84

1. Date 7 July 1947

2. Time between 1300 and 1400 hours EST

3. Location 1 mile east of Lekeland, Fla

4. Name of observer Mr. Hiram William Griffin

5. Occupation of observer "sign painter" previously cab-driver amateur artist. Also former 2d-class seaman in U. S. Navy

6. Address of observer 802 N. Tennessee Ave., Lakeland, Fla

7. Place of observation 1 mile east of Lakeland, Fla - ground

8. Number of objects 5

9. Distance of object from observer one mile

10. Time in eight 15-30 seconds

11. altitude between 5,000 to 7,500 ft

12. Sped very fast

15. Direction of flight N/S - upward

16. Tactics climbed 2500 feet in just a few seconds

15. Sound swishing noise that seemed to sing with a more or less shrill whine.

16. Size N/S

17. Color "glittery"

18. Shapo N/S - seemed "turtle-backed" from modmodx photograph submitted

19. Odor dotootad N/S

20. Apparent construction plastic appearance

21. Exhaust trails N/S

22. Weather conditions Clear with scattered clouds

23. Effect on clouds N/S

21. Sketches or photographs photograph

25. Mannor of disapposuree climbed 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.