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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.
Incidort # 139 1. Date 9 Jul 48 2. Timo 2147 3. Location North end of Usborn, Ohio 14. Name of observer Clarence Glasebrook, 1st Lt., USAT, Hq AMC (MCIAXO-4) 5. Occupation of observer ATI Investigator 6. Address of observer Hq AAC (NCIAX-4) 7. Place of observation ground 8. Number of objects one 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight Appeared 3 times each time being 1-2 second duration 11. altitude 3000 to 4000 feet 12. Spcod between 500 & 600 13. Direction of flight west (east to west) 11. Tactics Made intermittent appearances at regulated intervals 15. Sound None 16. Sizo could not be estimated 17. Color pale yellowish white (luminous) 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear w/quarter moon in the East-Southeast. 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance Suddenly at angle of approx. 70° to horizon in front of observer who was looking north 26. Romarks: Lt. Glasebrook was a reconnaissance pilot in World War II.
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.