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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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## CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 160 1. Date 4 July 48 2. Time 11:15 P. M. 3. Location Dravasburg, Pa. 4. Name of observer John Jannicky, Jr. 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Box 227, Dravasburg, Pa. 7. Placo of observation Dravasburg, Pa. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight 20 seconds + 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spcod Hovering - then moving on at undetermined speed 13. Diroction of flight N/S 14. Tactics moved across sky, stopping three times and resuming movement 15. Sound No noise 16. Size of a star 17. Color same as a star 18. Shapo looked like a star 19. Odor dotectod N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs Vague sketch 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.