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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.
“Bakersfield”6 pages
Incident #109 1. Date 9 March 1948 2. Time 0830 3. Location Bakersfield, California 4. Name of observers J.E. Johnson and Mrs. Callie R. Mason 5. Occupation of observer J.E. Johnson, Dentist, Mrs. Mason, Secretary 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation 5th Floor of business building 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer 7-10 miles 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude 1000 feet 12. Speed N/S 13. Diroction of flight Due north of Bakersfield 14. Tactics Zig-zaging 15. Sound N/S 16. Size Appearance of a very small airplane 17. Color Orange-red flame 18. Shape Appearance of a very small airplane 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails Considerable black smoke trailing for 4000 to 5000 feet 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: See supplement to Incident #106
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.