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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 1. Date 29 June 48 Incident # 164a 2. Time 2300 3. Location Uniontown, Pa. 14. Name of observer Mrs. Margaret Hollar et al 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 100 Moore Ave., Uniontown, Pa. 7. Place of observation 38 Kensington Circle, Uniontown (home of Mrs. Catherine McDonald) 3-one at a time 8. Number of objects 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 10 seconds 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spood very fast 13. Diroction of flight from Southwest to Northeast 14. Tactics rolled along on its edge 15. Sound xh/3 No sound 16. Size "platter" 17. Color luminous 18. Shapo oval 19. Odor dotoctod None 20. Apparent construction N/S - luminous 21. Exhaust trails a tail of about a yard in length 22. Weather conditions cloudy with lightning and rolling thunder 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance View obstructed by neighboring houses 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.