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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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1. Date 20 July 1948
2. Time 1330 local
3. Location Obrechstreet, Arnhem, The Hague
4. Name of observer A. D. Otter
5. Occupation of observer Chf. Investigator of Court of Damage
6. Address of observer Arnheim, The Hague
7. Place of observation $ 5 2^{\circ} 3 0^{\prime} $ N, $ 4^{\circ} 3 0^{\prime} $ E
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Timo in sight N/S
11. Altitude very high
12. Spood high speed - comparable to V-2
13. Diroction of flight N/S
14. Tactics N/S
15. Sound Same as V-2
16. Size N/S
17. Color N/S
18. Shape Aircraft with 2 decks and no wings
19. Odor dotoctod N/S
20. Apparent construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails N/S
22. Weather conditions visibility unlimited - scattered clouds
23. Effect on clouds N/S
24. Skotches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Romarks: Object appeared to be wingless aircraft with two decks. It was traveling at very high altitude and was seen four times intermittently thru clouds. Visibility: unlimited. 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.