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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 Incident # 154 1. Date 2 Aug 48 2. Time 1945 hours 3. Location Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Charles Saunders 5. Occupation of observer Attorney 6. Address of observer 265-1/2 South High St 7. Place of observation Yard of 1337 Clifton Ave., Columbus, Ohio 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight 10-15 minutes 11. Altitudo 1,500 to 2000 ft 12. Speed 15 MPH 13. Direction of flight Moving south from the north 14. Tactics Constant slow speed - Once it hesitated & thin trail of smoke issued from opposite direction of travel. Changed position assuming 15. Sound None different shapes 16. Size Judged to be about 20 to 30 ft in diameter 17. Color N/S. Perimeter: constant grey-black. Center: transparent. 18. Shape Changing. First: side-view: Parallelogram. Second: then reverted to original form 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails thin trail of smoke 22. Weather conditions CAVU 23. Effect on clouds No clouds 2h. Sketches or photographs 4 sketches 25. Mannor 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.