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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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1. Date 2. Tino 3. Location h. Name of observer Mrs. Felix G. Matthews 5. Occupation of observer 6. Address of observer. Columbia, South Carolina 7. Place of observation 8. Number of objects 9. Distance of object from observer 10. Time in sight 11. altitude 12. Spcod 13. Direction of flight 11. Tactics 15. Sound 16. Sizo 17. Color 18. Shcpo 19. Odor dotectod 20. Apparent construction 23. Effect on clouds 21. Exhaust trails 22. Weather conditions 24. Sketches or photographs 25. Mannor of disappearance 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.