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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 # 148 1. Date 28 July 48 2. Time 0400 3. Location Springfield, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mrs. Rose Henry 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 826 Dibert Ave., Springfield, Ohio 7. Place of observation 826 Dibert Ave., Springfield, Ohio 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 1st time: 5 minutes. 2d time: 15 minutes 11. Altitudo N/S 12. Spood Remained nearly stationary 13. Diroction of flight N/S 14. Tactics Hovering 15. Sound Witness thought she heard sound of plane before she saw the object 16. Size About the size of a basketball 17. Color Intense yellow 18. Shapo Round 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds I/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Faded away 26. Remarks: (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.