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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.
“Los Angeles Times”1 page
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## ```markdown ``` CHECK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 172A 1. Date of Incident 1 Oct 48 2. Time of Incident 2100 hrs 3. Place of observation Fargo N. Dakota Airport - Control Tower of Fargo Airport 4. Name of observer L. D. Jensen 5. Occupation of observer Airport traffic controller 6. Address of observer 1423 6th Ave Fargo N. Dakota 7. Number of objects observed 1 8. Distance of object from observer 1/2 mile 9. Time in sight several seconds 10. Altitude 4,000 to 5,000 ft 11. Speed extremely fast 12. Direction of flight W. S. W. 13. Tactics horizontal flight 14. Lights clear white light 15. Sound none noted 16. Size tail lamp of an airplane 17. Color clear white 18. Shapo round 19. Odor detected none noted 20. Apparent construction none noted - "light" Exhaust trails none noted 22. Weather conditions CAVU . Effect on clouds none 24. Sketches or photographs none 25. Manner of disappearance straight out 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.