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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. Dato 5 Jul 48 2. Time 0920 3. Location Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mrs. Wilda Zittek 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 2579 Avalon Ave. 7. Place of observation Ground 8. Number of objects two (2) 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight four (4) minutes 12. Speed Could not be estimated around 11. Altitude Judged to be around 3000 feet 13. Direction of flight First headed NE then North 14. Tactics Bobbed up and down 15. Sound None 16. Size With binoculars (Type M-3.6 x 30) about 3 1/2 in length by 1 in diameter 17. Color Silver 18. Shape Like a cigar or torpedo 19. Odor dotected N/S 20. Apparent construction Metallic 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear, sunlight, no clouds 23. Effect on clouds None (There were none) 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Faded away 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.