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This declassified U.S. Air Force compilation of unidentified flying object incidents 101 to 172 contains check-list reports from 1948 and 1945. Incident 101 covers the 18 February 1948 sky explosion over Norcatur, Kansas, with letters from Norman G. Markham suggesting a lunar spacecraft, Dr. Lincoln LaPaz's reply judging it a genuine meteorite fall, and witness statements. The final incident, 172, records George F. Gorman's 27 minute F-51 pursuit of a white light over Fargo on 1 October 1948, corroborated by tower controllers and Dr. Cannon.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 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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## CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 20-26 Feb 48 2. Time Usually around 2130 hours 3. Location N/S (Norway Denmark & Sweden) ## INCIDENT 133 4. Name of observer N/S 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation N/S 8. Number of objects N/S 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude From tree-top level to 20,000 f 12. Speed one to two miles per second 13. Direction of flight Come from direction of Pennemunde 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color . (green tail) 18. Shape N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S (x11x11x11) 21. Exhaust trails green 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks The trend of these objects to appear at2130 hours might be significant.
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. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.