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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 Incidont #. 144b 1. Duto 24 July 48 2. Time 0230 3. Location Between Blackstone, Va. and Greensboro, N..C. 1. Name of observer Capt Perry R. Mansfield. 5. Occupation of obgorvor Capt on 571/23 EAL 6. Address of observer EAL 7. Place of observation Between Blackstone, Va. and Greensboro, N. C. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight 3 seconds 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spood meteoric 13. Direction of flight southerly 14. Tactics traveling horizontally 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor dotectod N/S 20. Apparent construction E/S- 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions CAVU 23. Effoet on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance "died out" in the distance 26. Romarks: (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.