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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 - @NIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 19 May 1947

Incident 92

2. Time 1215-1315

3. Location Pikes Peak Railway, Manitou Springs, Colorado

4. Name of observer Mr. D. A. Hauser, Mr. Y. J. Smith, Mr. L. D. Jamison

5. Occupation of observer employees of Rx Pikes Peek Railway

6. address of observer Pikes Peak Railway, Kenitou Springs, Colorado

7. Place of observation Manitou Springs, Colorado

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer X/3

10. Timo in sight N/S

11. altitude Over 1,000 feet

12. Spood Not determined - but very rapid

13. Direction of flight westward

11. Tactics climbing diving and reversal of direction of flight

15. Sound N/S

16. Size Could not be determined

17. Color silver

18. Shapo Could not be determined

19. Odor dotetod N/S

20. Apparent construction N/S

21. Exhaust trails N/S

22. Weather conditions CAVU - no ground wind

23. Effect on clouds No clouds

2h. Skotohos or photographs None

25. Kanner of disappearance climbing very fast towards the west

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.