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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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Incidont # 137a 1. Date 7 Jul 48 2. Time 2114 and 2115 3. Location Chapel Hill, N. C. 4. Name of observer H. W. Daniels 5. Occupation of observer Capt., Infantry, Reserve 6. Address of observer Box 188, Chapel Hill 7. Place of observation Chapel Hill, N. C. 8. Number of objects three (3) 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight Approximately one (1) minute 11. Altitudo Extreme 12. Spcod High 13. Diroction of flight East Northeast 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound Jet 16. Size N/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails Not Visible 22. Woathor conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks:
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.