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U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 210 pages · text by OCR

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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“Nevers”7 pages

  • p. 10 …These reports have never been seriously considered by science, which in general ignores them. However, according…
  • p. 81 …Col Siegmund was never questioned but some sort of investigation obviously should be made in lieu…
  • p. 95 …a jet aircraft that I perhaps had never seen - because we as civilians know very little…
  • p. 165 …Another car stopped near them with two occupants who claimed that they had never witnessed anything…
  • p. 169 …many vapor trails from planes but had never observed anything like this. He states: "It was…
  • p. 182 …a definite sharp outline - something I had never seen before. At first I thought it might…
  • p. 195 …this aircraft on Channel "B" and "C", "VHF" but acknowledgment of his transmission was never received.
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)

Cases discussed

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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.