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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…
1. Date 7 January 1945

2. Time 1953

3. Location Columbus

$ I_{4}. $ Name of observer Lt. C. W. Thomas

5. Occupation of observer Pilot

6. address of observer Flight AF 9944 Dayton to Washington

7. Place of observation Cross Country flight from Dayton to Wash, at Columbus Airways to the West

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer About 15 miles

10. Time in sight . Not stated

11. altitude 3000 feet

12. Speed Seemed stationery

15. Direction of flight Stationery

11. Tactics No maneuvers

15. Sound Not stated

16. Size large

17. Color amber

18. Shc.pe like a large star or planet

19. Odor detected Not stated

20. Apparent construction Not stated

21. Exhaust trails None

22. Weather conditions Dark and overcast

23. Effect on clouds Not stated

21. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance Not stated

26. Romarks: Large bright light off to the west. They estimated it below them, or about 3000 ft. It seemed stationery. The light was ember and looked like a large star or planet. It was about 15 miles away from them. (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.