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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 24 July 48
Incident # 144a
2. Time 0230
3. Location Near Blackstone, Va. enroute to Raleigh-Durham
4. Name of observer Louis Feldwary
5. Occupation of observer pilot
6. Address of observer LGA
7. Placo of observation Air - near Blackstone, Va.
8. Number of objects Only trail seen
9. Distance of object from observer n/s
10. Timo in sight N/S
11. Altitude N/S
12. Spood terrific speed -
13. Diroction of flight 230°
14. Tactics Trail covered an $ 8 0^{\circ} $ to $ 9 0^{\circ} $ arc laterally
15. Sound N/S
16. Size N/S
17. Color N/S
Only trail perceived - object was not seen
18. Shape N/S
19. Odor dotoctod N/S
20. Apparent construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails Seemed to be a jet or rocket trail
22. Weather conditions at 0230 at Blackstone: 0/70 4GF 112/73/72/ wsw 5/987. Greansboro and Raleigh-Buah had 0/15 plus
23. Effect on clouds N/S
24. Skotches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Remarks: (over) 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.