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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
CHECK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date of Incident 1 Oct 1948 Incident # 172 2. Time of Incident 2100 hrs 3. Place of observation Fargo, N. Dakota from plane over Fargo and vicinity 4. Name of observer George F. Gorman 5. Occupation of observer Mgr Constr Co. (Pilot of F-51 in Air Natl Guard) 6. Address of observer 18 Fed Hous Proj Fargo N. Dakota 7. Number of objects observed 1 8. Distance of object from observer 1000 yds 9. Time in sight 27 minutes 10. Altitude 1000 to 1400 ft 11. Speed much faster than F-51 12. Direction of flight various 13. Tactics Several left turns, one right turn, diving and climbing 14. Lights clear white light 15. Sound none noted 16. Size at closest observation 6 to 8 inches 17. Color clear white 18. Shape round at all times 19. Odor detected none 20. Apparent construction none noted 21 Exhaust trails none seen 22. Weather conditions CAVU 23. Effect on clouds none 24. Sketches or photographs none 25. Manner of disappearance in steep climb 26. Remarks: Northern lights were visible in the NE quadrant (over)
Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.