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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.
“Headquarters”8 pages
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date Between 15th & 20th Aug 7 2. Time 2130 MST INCIDENT: 135 3. Location Rapid City AF Base, Weaver, S.D. 4. Name of observer Maj Elmer H. Hammer, J. (AO-46014) 6. Address of observer Intel Officer 28th Bombardment Group (VR) Rapid City AFBase Weaver, S. D. 7. Place of observation Weaver, S. D. 8. Number of objects 12 (Approx) 9. Distance of object from observer 4 miles 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude 10,000 ft to approx 6,000 ft. 12. Speed 500 MPH + 13. Direction of flight Approached first from NW then turn to right and disappeared in SW 14. Tactics tight diamond-shaped formation 15. Sound no noise heard 16. Size Length: 100+ ft estimate 17. Color Yellowish-white - brilliant 18. Shape Elliptical 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear, no clouds, stars visible, wind, calm visibility 30+ 23. Effect on clouds none 24. Sketches or photographs Sketches 25. Manner of disappearance Disappeared on a SW heading 26. Remarks There appears to be minor discrepancies as to speed and altitude in the report given verbally to Glasebrook and 1tr to this Hq f/Maj Hammer
Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.