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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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  • 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 - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 8 July 47

2. Tina 1000

3. Location Muroc Air Fld., Muroc, Calif.

1. Name of observer S/Sgt Gerald N. Neuman

5. Coopetion of observer E/S

6. address of observer Muroc Army Air Fld., Muroc, Calif.

7. Place of observation ground - Muroc Aruy Air Fld., Muroc

8. Number of objects 3 objects - 2 at first, 1 later

9. Distance of object from observer I/8

10. Timo in sight I/S

11. altitude 7,000 to 8,000 ft

12. Spend 300 to 400 MPH

13. Direction of flight Northwest direction

14. Tactics Performed tight circle - the third object - other two kept horizontal course

15. Sound 8/3

16. Size N/S

17. Color X/S - gave off a definite reflection from sun

16. Shape disc

19. Odor detected X/S

20. apparent construction N/S - apparently metallic since they reflected light

21. Exhaust trails I/S

22. Weather conditions Sunlight

23. Effect on clouds I/3

2h. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance E/S - Apparently in distance

26. Romarks: On 8 July 47 at 10:00 in the morning witness observed (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.