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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 April 1948 2. Time 1130 3. Location Delaware, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mrs. James B. Stephenson 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 93 North Franklin Street, Delaware, Ohio 7. Place of observation From the ground 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Speed Slow 13. Diroction of flight Southwesterly 11. Tactics None 15. Sound None 16. Size Very large - about the size of a full moon in height but much smaller in width 17. Color Very white 18. Shapo Cylindrical, with vapor around the top 19. Odor dotectod N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear, no clouds around object 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: At 1430 Mrs. J. B. Stephenson's attention was attracted from her window by an object of unusual shape in the sky. Upon going outside
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.