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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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PRIORITY FROM: CINCFE TYKYO JAPAN 080731Z. TO: DEPT OF ARMY WASHINGTON DC FOR CSGID, COMGENAMC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB DAYTON OHIO ATTN MCI RPT MCI INFOL: COMGENFEAF IN REPLY CITE: CX 59769 Report control is A-1917. Pilot, 13 Air Force, at 0955, 1 April 48, Flying P-47 Aircraft heading 180 degrees altitude 1500 feet indicated at 124 degrees 3 minutes East, 12 degrees 52 minutes north, weather scattered CFMULUS Rpt CUMULES 3/10 base three thousand, top 600 visibility unlimited sighted flying object proximately 3 miles East 1A heading 360, altitude estimated one thousand feet below him. Unidentified object estimated speed at time of sighting 200 miles per hour. Pilot turned left attempting to intercept unidentified flying object for more positive identification. At this time flying object made a turn of 90 degrees left, leveled out and accelerated disappearing in approximately 5 seconds. Described as having A turtle back and an indistinct dorsal fin. The sahpe of the object was that of A half moon closely resembling A flying wing type aircraft, estimated wing span 30 feet, estimated length 20 feet, color silver, no rpt no exhaust trail was observed. Five seconds elapsed time for disappearing would indicate exceedingly high speed and great acceleration. Reporting officer is considered sincere and non-excitable type and firmly believes he sighted object. A report will be forwarded upon completion of an investigation of this incident. Received MCAAGM21 9 Apr 48 1008 (15082) Typed by MCAAGM21 9 Apr 48 1359 )1859Z)ams DISTRIBUTION: EJK 1. MCI--action 2. MCAAGM21
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.