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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.
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 1 July 1948 Incident # 140 2. Time between 2100 and 2200 hours 3. Location Gahanna, Ohio 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 4. Name of observer Mrs. Howard Enslow 6. Address of observer Gahanna, Ohio 7. Place of observation ground 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 3 seconds 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spcod N/S 13. Direction of flight Northeast to Southwest 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Sizo N/S 17. Color golden 18. Shape saucer 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction luminous 21. Exhaust trails Seemed to wear a haho of silver 22. Woathor conditions Clear - moonlight 23. Effoct on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: Witness states: "A beautiful golden saucer glowing like a halo with a silver rim around it."
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.