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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 # 152
1. Date 31 July 48
2. Time 0825
3. Location Indianapolis, Indiana (South-Central part)
4. Name of observers Mr. & Mrs Vernon Swigert
5. Occupation of observers an electrician and housewife
6. Address of observers 2020 Boyd St., Indianapolis, Indiana
7. Place of observation As above -
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight 10 seconds
11. Altitude 2,000 ft
12. Spcod 1800 MPH
13. Diroction of flight $ 9 0^{\circ} $ - east
14. Tactics N/S
15. Sound None
16. Size 20 ft in dia. and approx 6 to 8 ft in height in center-Ratio about 3:1
17. Color white with no shine
17. Color white with no shine
18. Shapo like a cymbal
19. Odor dotoctod N/S
20. Apparent construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails None
22. Weather conditions Sky clear
23. Effect on clouds I/S
24. Sketches or photographs 1
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Remarks: (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.