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.

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“Gray”5 pages

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…

The Fairfield Control Tower obtained a report from Oakland Airport Flight Control (CAA) at approximately 2315 PST, 30 Dec 1947 that United Airlines Flight 19 proceeding on airways between Medford, Oregon, and Mt Shasta, observed a flash at 1925 PST just north of their position.

See Incidents 94, 95 & 96

Cases discussed

United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho 1947
crew of a United Air Lines plane over Boise, Idaho
Muroc Army Air Field disc sightings 1947
Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California; test pilot Major J. C. Wise, 9 July 1947
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
checklists of dozens of July 1947 disc sightings, e.g. Portland, Oregon, 4 July 47

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