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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.
Incident # 147 1. Date 27 July 48 2. Time 2200 3. Location Springfield, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mrs. H. H. Gibson 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 1217 East Main St. 7. Place of observation Springfield, Ohio 8. Numbor of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 3 seconds 11. Altitude Great height 12. Spood That of a jet plane 13. Direction of flight north 1h. Tactics None - traveled in straight line 15. Sound None 17. Color N/S 16. Size Witness stated object resembled "huge ball" 18. Shape Round 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails Bright red tail of fire 22. Weather conditions Some thunder and lighting 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Flew out of sight 26. Romarks: (over)
Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.