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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 GLM-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. 115 …to the object by his partner, Mr. Anderson. It appeared to be a black object which…
  • p. 176 …Richard Anderson 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Logan, Utah 7. Place…
  • p. 177 Mr. & Mrs. Anderson stated that they in company with a Mr. & Mrs. Gaylon Caldwell saw approximately…
  • p. 250 …Location Anderson Road, Houston, Texas 4. Name of observer Mr & Mrs Elmer L. Brimberry 5. Occupation…

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## CHECK LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 2 Nov 1947.

Incident: #98

2. Time Just before break of day

3. Location Anderson Road, Houston, Texas

4. Name of observer Mr & Mrs Elmer L. Brimberry

5. Occupation of observer Employe of Immigration Svc, Dept of Justice

6. Address of Observer Anderson Road, Houston, Texas

7. Place of observation Their home

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Time in sight N/S

11. Altitude N/S (It appeared to fall in a field adjacent to their residence)

12. Speed N/S

13. Direction of flight Downward

14. Tactics "spinning"

15. Sound N/S

16. Size 26 to 30 inches in diameter

17. Color Fire-colored

18. Shape Round

19. Odor detected N/S

20. Apparent construction Fireball

21. Exhaust trails N/S Tail of approximately 20 feet in length

22. Weather conditions N/S which appeared to diminish as it approached the ground

23. Effect on clouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance Suddenly "went out" just before it reached earth.

26. Remarks (over)

Cases discussed

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Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 253 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.