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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. 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…
1. Duto 29 June 1947

2. Time 1:00 and 1:30 P.M.

3. Location Highway 17 between Las Cruces, N. K. & White Sands V-2 firing grounds

4. Name of observer Mr. J. R. Kruke, Mr. Zolan, Mr. C. C. Rockwood, & Mrs. Nracy Rockwood.

5. Occupation of observer Mr. Zohn - Admin Assie in Pocket Sonde Section NHL Mr. Rockwood, NHL Rocket Sonde high altitude spectrograph scientist, &

6. Address of observer N/S

Mr. Keuke, Telemeteding supervi-

7. Place of observation highway 17 - ground

9. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Timo in sight 30 seconds

11. Altitude between 8,000 and 10,000 ft

12. Speed rapid velocity

13. Direction of flight northerly direction

11. Tactics horizontal flight

15. Sound N/S

16. Size N/S

17. Color N/S

18. Shapo uniform - no protuberances such as wings of a plane

19. Oder dotetod N/S

20. Apparent construction N/S

21. Exhaust trails Mr. Kouke thought at one time there were vapor trails

22. Weather conditions sunlight

23. Effect on clouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Mannor of disappearance receded until lost from 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.