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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 1430 3. Lobation Delaware, Ohio 4. Name of observer Rev. James B. Stephenson 5. Occupation of observer Pastor 6. Address of observer 93 N. 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 14. Tactics None 15. Sound None 16. Size Not Stated 17. Color White 18. Shape Verticle, larger at the bottom and narrow at the top 19. Odor dotoctod None 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: witness first thought that object was a plane on fire, as it was surrounded by a vaporous substance. A plane was heard, and
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.