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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 Incident # 140a 1. Date 1 July 1948 2. Time Between 2100 and 2200 hours 3. Location Gahanna, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mr Jack Taylor 5. Occupation of observer N/S but now active in National Guard 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation Gahanna, Ohio ( ground ) 8. Numbor of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 2 seconds 11. Altitude 3000 to 4000 ft 12. Spood terrific 13. Direction of flight Northeast to Southwest 14. Tactics Pursued flat line of flight 15. Sound None 16. Sizo N/S 17. Color bright yellow-white 18. Shapo H/S 19. Odor dotoated N/S 20. Apparent construction luminous 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions Clear - bright moonlight 23. Effoet on clouds N/S 24. Skotohos or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: Mr. Chester Taylor gave the same version as that of his son. Mrs. Taylor apparently did not observe the phenomenon.
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.