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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 Incident # 134 1. Date of Incident 28 May 1948 2. Time of Incident 1500 hours (Eastern Daylight Saving Time) 3. Place of observation 6 miles due east of Monroe, Michigan from air while passenger in a C-47 plane 4. Name of observer 1st Lt Alexander Kokolonis Occupation of observer 1st Lt USAFR Corps of Engineers, Security Officer . Address of observer 838 Eng. Aviation Bn, Co. B. Oscoda AF Base, Michigan . Number of objects observed 5 objects; 3 at first; 2 later 8. Distance of object from observer 2 miles to left of their plane 11. Speed well over 500 MPH 12. Direction of flight Southwest Tactics executed abrupt turns, flew in line of stern stepped up. Lights N/S Sound N/S Color bright silvery golden hue Shapo disc shape with well rounded contours - all had hazy or fuzzy outline Odor detected N/S Apparent construction N/S Apparent construction I/S Exhaust trails no exhaust or trail of any kind Weather conditions high overcast at 18,000 ft and a low thin stratus layer Effect on clouds very broken at 8,000; lateral visibility: 10-15 miles N/S Sketches or photographs drawing Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: (over)
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.