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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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CHECK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 172c 1. Date of Incident 1 Oct 1948 2. Time of Incident 2100 hrs 3. Place of observation Fargo, N. Dakota - from Fargo control tower 4. Name of observer Dr. Cannon 5. Occupation of observer Occulist (amateur pilot with 2 yrs flying experience) Address of observer Goodmans Jewelers, Fargo, N. Dakota 7. Number of objects observed 1. 8. Distance of object from observer 1 mile 9. Time in sight at intervals for seconds only 10. Altitude 5000 to 6000 ft 11. Speed very fast 12. Direction of flight NNW SE and W 13. Tactics straight line 14. Lights clear white light 15. Sound none 16. Size tail light of plane 17. Color clear white 18. Shapo wound 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 straight line 26. Remarks: Object first observed when Dr. Cannon was landing his plane He noticed what appeared to be the tail light of another ship going at considerable speed in a westerly direction. He landed his "Cub" at the Fargo Airport and delivered some bottles of coca-cola to the tower operators (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.