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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 31 July 48
2. Time 8:00 P.M.
3. Location Columbus, Ohio - Tremont Rd near WOSU radio tower located near University Golf Course
4. Name of observer Mrs. Martin Price & Mrs. Mary Rippetoe
5. Occupation of observer Mrs. Price: housewife Mrs. Mary Rippetoe: mother of Mrs. Price
6. Address of observer 2186 Lamont Ave., Columbus, Ohio
7. Place of observation Tremont Rd near WOSU Radio Tower
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer 250 feet
10. Timo in sight N/S
11. Altitudo 250 feet
12. Spood very slow
13. Diroction of flight West to East
14. Tactics Did not change course or altitude
15. Sound No noise
16. Size of gasoline drum - Approx $ 5^{\prime} $ x $ 6^{\prime} $
17. Color Black
18. Shapo Oblong
19. Odor detected N,S
20. Apparent construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails Spouted black smoke from the top
22. Weather conditions Clear with no clouds
23. Effect on clouds No clouds
24. Sketches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Remarks: (above) 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.