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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 # 164b 2. Time 2300 - 11:00 P. M. 3. Location Uniontown, Pa. h. Name of observer Sgt Chas E. Schuh & daughter 5. Occupation of obgorvor Uniontown Police Dept. 6. Address of observer 32 Lawton Ave., Uniontown 7. Place of observation from front porch of 38 Kensington Circle, Uniontown. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight 5-7 seconds 11. Altitude 6,000 ft 12. Spood 100 MPH 13. Direction of flight NE - sighted in west 14. Tactics straight & level 15. Sound none 16. Size half of a large meat platter (1-1/2') 17. Color N/S luminous 18. Shapo semi-circular 19. Odor dotected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions partly cloudy 23. Effect on clouds N/S 21. Skotehos or photographs none 25. Mannor 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.