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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.
1. Date 19 Jan 48 2. Time 7:30 AM 3. Location North Jutland (Hjerrim, the Scaw and Hjerup) 4. Name of observer N/S 5. Occupation of observer N/S Taken from OMA R-34-48 (NAD 11796) as prepared by Lt Col Franklin E. 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation North Jutland 8. Number of objects Three 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spood apparently rocket-like 13. Diroction of flight East - West 14. Tactics "suddenly stopped, exploded and disappeared" 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shapo ball - saucer 19. Odor dotected N/S 20. Apparent construction rocket-like objects 21. Exhaust trails tail of green light 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Exploded and disappeared 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.