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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 3 Aug 48 2. Time Sunset 3. Location Moscow, USSR 4. Name of observer N/S - American Newspaper Reporter 5. Occupation of observer Newspaper reporter 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation About 25 kilometers (19 to 20 miles) NW of Moscow 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 but not excessive 13. Direction of flight Southwest-Northeast direction 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound No sound 16. Size N/S 17. Color N/S - shone brightly 18. Shapo long narrow 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction Apparently metallic since it shone very brightly 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S - sunny 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: (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.