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U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 210 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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.

  • p. 23 # HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field…
  • p. 24 # HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA…
  • p. 29 …Location Baltimore (Hamilton) Maryland 10. Tame of observer Identity confidential 5. Occupation of observer Active in…
  • p. 30 …who lives in her neighborhood, which is Hamilton, Baltimore, Maryland, and this woman stated that she…

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1. Date 23 arch 1948

2. Time 0300-0500

3. Location Baltimore (Hamilton) Maryland

10. Tame of observer Identity confidential

5. Occupation of observer Active in American Section activities

6. address of observer N/S

7. Place of observation N/S

16. Number of objects Undetermined

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Time in sight Not sighted

11. altitude N/S

12. Speed N/S

13. Direction of flight N/S

11. Tactics N/S

15. Sound Motor drone of foreign type aircraft

16. Size N/S

17. Color N/S

18. Shape N/S

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

21. Sketches or photographs None

25. Mannor of disappearance N/S

26. Remarks: See Supplement

Cases discussed

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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.