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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.
1. Date and Time of Observation: 30 June 1948 at 2140 2. Where Sighted: South Knoxville, Tennessee 3. Observer's Position: (i. e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) 4. Name and Address of Observer: Mrs. Whitehouse, South Knoxville, Tenn. 5. Occupation and/or hobbies: wife of Major Harvey J. Whitehouse Commanding Officer, ASU, 3319 Tennessee 6. Attention Attracted by: 7. Number of Object(s) Seen: 1 8. Size of Object(s): N/S 9. Color of Object(s): orange 10. Shape (Sketch if Possible) Ball 11. Nature of Luminosity: (directed beam of light?) 12. Altitude of Object: 30,000 ft (estimated) 13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observer: N/S 14. Estimated Speed of Object: 1,000 MPH 15. Time in Sight: 3 minutes (according to Mrs Whitehouse) 3 seconds (according to ORG instructors) 16. Tactics: 17. Sound Made by Object(s): N/S 18. Direction of Flight of Object(s) West 19. Apparent Construction: "fire" 20. Effect on Clouds: N/S 21. Exhaust Trail (Color of): "streamer of bluish color trailing" 22. Manner of Disappearance: over horizon 23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: N/S 24. Peculiarities Noted: 25. Summary of Incident: (See attached page)
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.