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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.
“Los Angeles Times”1 page
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 May 1948 Incidont # 167 2. Time 0905 GCT 3. Location 19° 08' N - 164° 05' E between Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands and Hickam Field., 4. Name of observer Capt Floyd Barnes 5. Occupation of observer Pilot USAF 6. Address of observer Pacific Division, Milit Air Trans Service 7. Place of observation Ahead & above his plane 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer 4 to 5 miles 10. Timo in sight split second 11. Altitude 10,000 ft 12. Spcod N/S 13. Direction of flight N/S 11. Tactics exploded like a shell 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color white 18. Shapo ball 19. Odor dotected N/S 20. Apparent construction Max "fire" 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions 5/10 cloud coverage 23. Effect on clouds N/S 21. Sketches or photographs none 25. Manner of disappearance exploded 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.