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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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  • p. 24 …to the east and disappeared into the hills east of Bakersfield. On 13th March 1948, two…
  • p. 27 …Nanner of disappearance Drifted to the east into the hills east of Bakersfield 26. Remarks: See…
  • p. 67 …seen a "star" fall in one of the hills some distance to the east of Aregua
  • p. 94 …growing larger as it approached over the hills north of the highway - until it seemed to…
  • p. 96 …Highway #12 just West of Plevna, Montana before getting to the hills I noticed a very…
  • p. 111 …Location Chapel Hill, N. C. 14. Name of observer James Eaves, Lt., U. S. Naval Reserve…
  • p. 113 …Address of observer Box 188, Chapel Hill 7. Place of observation Chapel Hill, N. C. 8…
  • p. 150 …was believed to have fallen is densely wooded with many hills and valleys. See diagram attached.
  • p. 190 …Jeanne Hill Mrs. John Gall Mrs. Myrtle Renfroe
On 4 July 48 at approx. 11:15 P. M., OST, witness and his wife thought they saw a star moving. There was a light in the sky the same color and size of a star which was moving. Then they thought it was a plane but it made no noise. The object moved across the sky, then changed its course a bit and went straight and stopped again for about 5 seconds, changed its course a bit and went straight for awhile and stopped again this time for at least 15 seconds, then it went across the sky a little ways and disappeared completely. When the object stopped in the sky, it resembled a star and only by following its course could the difference be noticed.

NOTE: Witness states that he lives some 2-1/2 miles from the two woman (McKeesport, Pa.) who reported seeing a big silver plate zooming noiselessly overhead in the direction of Kennywood Park. See Inc. 161.

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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.