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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. 30 July 1948 2. Time 2015 hours 3. Location Worthington, Ohio 1. Name of observer John A. Felton 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 5800 High St, Worthington, Ohio 7. Place of observation Worthington, Ohio 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 15 minutes 11. Altitude Approx 3000 ft 12. Speed very slow 13. Diroction of flight SW 11. Tactics None 15. Sound None 16. Size N/S 17. Color silver 18. Shapo cylindrical 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions Clear with high scattered clouds, visibility good 23. Effect on clouds N/S 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.