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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 #
1. Date 5 August 48
2. Time 0100 hours
3. Location Between Parrott, Ga. and Richland, Ga.
4. Namo of observer James Amaral, Former AF Pilot
5. Occupation of observer N/S - but formerly AF pilot
6. Address of observer N/S (Info forwarded f/Turner AF Base)
7. Place of observation Between Parrott, Ga. & Richland, Ga.
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Timo in sight 5 to 10 seconds
11. Altitude 20,000 to 35,000 ft
12. Spcod 3600 MPH (estimated)
13. Direction of flight $ 2 5 0^{\circ} $
14. Tactics N/S
15. Sound None
16. Sizo N/S
17. Color blue-white streak of light
18. Shape "stpeak"
19. Odor dotectod N/S
20. Apparent construction "rocket-like"
21. Exhaust trails A trail of sparks several miles long followed it
22. Weather conditions CAVU
23. Effect on clouds N/S
24. Sketches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Romarks: (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.