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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.
“Bakersfield”6 pages
1. Date 8 April 1948 2. Timo 11:30 3. Location Delaware, Ohio 1. Name of observer Mrs. John Bergen 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 111 North Washington Street 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. Altitudo N/S 12. Speed N/S 13. Direction of flight Southwesterly 1h. Tactics None 15. Sound Could not be determined 16. Size k/S 17. Color White 18. Shape Spherical "blob" with streaks above it 19. Oder detected None 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 2h. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: Witness heard planes prior to the sighting, but doesn't know whether or not they had any connection with the object.
Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.