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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.
1. Date 31 July 48 Incident # 155 2. Time 1630 3. Location 480 N. Monroe Ave. Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mrs. Edward G. Watson 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 480 N. Monroe Ave., Columbus, Ohio 7. Place of observation Columbus, Ohio 3. Number of objects 6 or 7 9. Distance of object from observer Very great distance away 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S - very great 12. Spood Hovering 13. Direction of flight N/S 15. Tactics Hovering -hanging in the sky 15. Sound N/S - 16. Size of an ash tray 17. Color gold 18. Shapo starlike 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions CAVU - bright sunlight 23. Effect on clouds N/S 2h. 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 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.