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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 9 April 1948 Incident # 113 2. Time 1510 3. Location Montgomery, Alabama 4. Name of observer Robert B. Hughes, t. Colonel, USAF 5. Occupation of observer Pilot 6. Address of observer Tactics Div., Air Tactical School, Tyndall AF Base 7. Place of observation From the air 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight Five seconds 11. Altitude Approximately 16000 feet 12. Speod In excess of the viewer's 310 mph air speed 13. Diroction of flight Northwest 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound None 16. Size Top part eight feet diameter 17. Color Silver 18. Shape Had the appearance of a parachute carrying a large canister or ball 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S ___ 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear, visibility and ceiling unlimited 23. Effect on cloudsN/S 24. Skotches or photographs - Sketch (trip) 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks Lt.Col Robert B. Hughes first sighted the object before completing an 180 left turn over the town of Montgomery, Alabama.
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.