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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 1. Date 29 July 1948 Incidort # 151 2. Time 0955 3. Location Northeastern part of Indianapolis, Indiana (See attached sketch of location) h. Name of observers Mr. James W. Toney & Mr. Robert Huggins 5. Occupation of observers Both employees of W. O. Jones Rug Cleaners 6. Address of observer Toney: 235 So Bradley, Indianapolis Huggins: 5040 Indianaola, Indianapolis 7. Place of observation (See attached drawing of location) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S - not over a few hundred feet 16. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude 30 feet - just above tree-tops 12. Speed 25 to 30 MPH 13. Direction of flight Headed south in bank to left 15. Tactics gliding with no apparent spinning action 15. Sound no discernible sound 16. Size 6 to 8 feet long by 1-1/2 to 2 feet wide (See attach drwg.) 17. Color Aluminum and shiny in color 18. Shape Shaped like a broad short propeller (See attached drwg.) 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction aluminium construction 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions CAVU - no clouds 23. Effect on clouds No clouds 24. Sketches or photographs 2 25. Manner of disappearance Went down in wooded area (seemingly) 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.