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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 8 Mar 48 2. Time 1100 3. Location Belmont, N. C. 4. Name of observer Mr. A. C. Morrieon 5. Occupation of observer Supt. Meter Dept, Duke Power Co., Charlotte, N. C. 6. Address of observer Charlotte, N. C. (Duke Power Co.) 7. Place of observation Belmont, N. C. (Sighted from ground) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight about 10 seconds 11. Altitudo N/S - could not be estimated 12. Spood Around 600 MPH 13. Diroction of flight Easterly 14. Tactics None - moved in straight line at constant speed without change in altitude or direction 15. Sound None 16. Size From a distance - that of a small coin 17. Color bright or silver - looked metallic 18. Shape round or sphere (unable to determine which) 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction Metallic 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear with scattered white clouds 23. Effect on clouds N/S 21. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance behind small white cloud 26. Romurks: (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.