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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 Apr 48 2. Time 1400-1430 3. Location Ashley, Ohio 14. Name of observer Miss Winifred Paines - Mrs. Bertha Slack 5. Occupation of observer Miss Paines: Asst Bank Cashier; Mrs. Slack: housekeeper 6. Address of observer 227 W High St., Ashley, O. 7. Place of observation Ashley, Ohio (ground) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer "Quite a distance" 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude Could not estimate 12. Speed slow-moving 13. Diroction of flight Southwest 11. Tactics No maneuvers 15. Sound N/S 16. Size undetermined 17. Color silver 18. Shape Oblong, long and narrow - like silver streak 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear, no clouds near object 23. Effect on clouds N/S - no clouds near object 2h. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: (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.