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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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Incident # 146 1. Date 17 July 1948 2. Time 1650 3. Location Vicinity of San Acacia Dam, 65 miles south of Albuquerque 14. Name of observer M/Sgt Wm R. Carter & M/Sgt Bernard E. Harvey 5. Occupation of observore Carter: Armament technician Harvey: experienced AF non-com 6. Address of observer 428th AFBU Kirtland AF Base 7. Place of observation Vicinity of San Acacia Dem 8. Number of objects 7 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitudo 20,000 ft 12. Speed 1,500 MPH (if estimated altitude correct) 13. Direction of flight northerly heading (between north and northwest) 14. Tactics Maintained formation 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color Color of aluminum aircraft at high altitude 18. Shapo When overhead: circular. After passing zenith: indeterminate 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction metallic 21. Exhaust trails none 22. Weather conditions CAVU At 20,000 ft wind velocity 8 to 10 miles 23. Effect on clouds I/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance In northwest 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.