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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.
## CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 30 Aug 48 2. Time 20,000 hours or 8:00 P.M. 3. Location Los Angeles, Calif. 4. Name of observer S/Sgt Leroy H. Estes 5. Occupation of observer S/Sgt 6. Address of observer 1301 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 7. Place of observation 1301 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif. 8. Numbor of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitudo estimated to be well over 20,000 ft. 12. Spood thought to be well over 700 MPH 13. Diroction of flight West to East 14. Tactics none - flew level course 15. Sound No sound 16. Size Larger than B-29 17. Color silver 18. Shapo V-2 rocket 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction rocket - like 21. Exhaust trails blue exhaust trail 22. Weather conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: (over) Mr Jackson leads
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.