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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. Date 31 July 48 2. Time 8:00 P. M. 3. Location Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Robert C. Goshorn 5. Occupation of observer Teletype Operator 6. Address of observer State Highway Patrol Radio Station 7. Place of observation Near Golf Driving Range, Columbus, Ohio 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer Object was balloon which fell to earth & was investigated by observer 0. Time in sight N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude Came to earth from around 100 ft (when first observed) 12. Spood N/S 13. Direction of flight earthward 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Size 2 ft x 3-1/2 ft 17. Color white crepe paper 18. Shape N/S - but said to be like old time "County Fair" balloon - round 19. Oder dotectod N/S 20. Apparent construction crepe paper 21. Exhaust trails smoking - caused by large ball of waste material 22. Weather conditions N/S - (clear - see Incident: 156) 23. Effect on clouds N/S (no clouds) 21. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance Fell to earth where it was retrieved. 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.