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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.
“Headquarters”8 pages
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1. Date 18 February 1948
2. Time 5:01 P.M.
3. Location Noreatur,ansas
4. Name of observer M. R. Krehbiel account (taken from newspaper)
5. Occupation of observer Editor
6. Address of observer Norton, Kansas
7. Place of observation Noreatur, Kansas
8. Number of objects ne
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitudo 30-35 miles above earth
12. Speed N/S
13. Direction of flight N/S
1h. Tactics N/S
15. Sound One big explosion - "afterwards a lot of little explosions"
16. Sizo N/S
17. Color Bluish-white smoke smudge
18. Shapo Mushroom
19. Odor detected N/S
20. Apparent construction Meteor
21. Exhaust trails Mana Bluish-white smoke smudge
22. Weather conditions $ ^{H} / S $
23. Effect on clouds N/S
24. Skotches or photographs Photo of vapor trail left in sky by explosion
25. Nanner of disappearance Disintegration
26. Romarks: Oscar Monnig, of the Texas Observers, amateur Astronomy, 1010 Morningside Drive, Ft. Worth, offers "tangible proof that the fireball 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.