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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 GLM-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.

  • 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

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At approximately 11 P. M. on the 29th of June Mrs Hollar saw a luminous oval-shapped object a meat platter rolling along on its edge. It appeared to be going very fast since it disappeared in about 5 to 10 seconds. It was without sound or odor but seemed to have a tail which extended about a yard or so. Five minutes later, witness saw a second object and after another five-minute interval a third object was observed. They appeared in the Southwest and flew to the Northeast. The weather was cloudy with lightning and rolling thunder. The objects flew over the Oakland St. Area or just to the side of it (East of Oakland St.) They traveled about 1,000 ft and then disappeared behind the houses across the street from the witnesses.

Witnesses: Mrs. Catherine McDonald Police Sergeant Shuh & daughter

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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.