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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 March 1948 2. Time 0830 3. Location Bakersfield, California 4. Name of observer H. B. Nix 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation Sighted from ground 8. Number of objects ne 9. Distance of object from observer 5 miles 10. Timo in sight Approx. 30 seconds before splitting and burning 11. Altitudo N/S 12. Speed Static for approx 30 seconds, and then drifting 13. Direction of flight eastward 1h. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Size Larger than a small airplane 17. Color Orange-red ball of fire 18. Shape Ball 19. Odor detected N/S 20. apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Nanner of disappearance Drifted to the east into the hills east of Bakersfield 26. Remarks: See supplement to Incident #106
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.