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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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1. Dato 2 Aug 4g Incident # 154a 2. Time 7:50 P.M. 3. Location Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Jaymes Saunders, A. B., M. A. 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 1337 Clifton Ave, Columbus, Ohio 7. Place of observation Columbus, Ohio 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 15 minutes 11. Altitude 1/2 mile high 12. Spood slow and regular speed 13. Direction of flight from North to South to Southwest N/S 14. Tactics/ Oblong to circular to oblong change in shape 15. Sound None 16. Size of small plane 17. Color I/S 18. Shapo Changing but circular for the most part 19. Odor dotoetod N/S 20. Apparent construction X/S 21. Exhaust trails tail of smoke 22. Weather conditions Unusually favorable for observation. Light sufficient without interference from sun's rays. 23. Effect on clouds Cloudless 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.