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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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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. 8 April 1948 2. Tina 14:30 3. Location Delaware, Ohio 1. Name of observer Rev. John H. Bergen 5. Occupation of observer Pastor 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 Not determined 10. Timo in sight Ten minutes 11. Altitude Several thousand feet 12. Speod Not too fast 13. Diroction of Flight Almost due west into the wind 11. Tactics None 15. Sound None 16. Size Not less than 5 feet in width 17. Color Very white 18. Shape Spherical, with a small protrusion above it, like vapor streaks 19. Odor detected None 20. apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance Disappeared from view behind the trees 26. Romarks: This object appeared like a concentrated bit of cloud except it was clearly outlined. The size could not be determined,
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.