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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.

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“Sea”10 pages

  • 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…
Incident #29

1. 11/4 June 1947

2. Time 1200 noon first time later at 11:15 approximately

3. Location Bekenefield California Portland, Oregon

1. Sum of observer Richard Rankin

5. Occupation of observer Pilot

6. Address of observer 1808 South "U" St., Bakersfield, California

7. Places of observation Ground Front yard

6. Number of objects 10 first time 7 second time

9. Distance of object from observer Not stated

10. Time in sight Not stated

11. Altitude 8500 feet

12. Spood 350 miles per hour

13. Direction of flight First group South to North. Second group North to South

16. Tauties Flying in "V" formation with one object straggling in the rear

15. Sound Not stated

16. Size w.e XPSU-1

17. Color Not stated

18. Shape resembled the XFJU-1, the so called "Flying Flapjack"

19. Oder detected Not Stated

20. apparent construction flying machines

21. Exhaust trails Not stated

22. Weather conditions Clear and Sunny

23. Effect on clouds Not Stated

2h. Sketches or photographs None

25. Nanner of disappearance Not Stated

26. Romarks: (Over)

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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.