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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.
“Headquarters”8 pages
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 18 Apr 48 2. Time 1306 hours 3. Location Approx 1 mile north of Fairbanks, Alaska 1. Name of observer Lt Aytch Johnson 5. Occupation of observer 1st Lt (discharged f/USAF as per authority Para 1, SO. 60 dated 28 May 48)(see) 6. Address of observer Ft Worth, Texas 7. Place of observation Over city of Fairbanks, Alaska 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight few minutes 11. Altitude 2000-3000 ft 12. Spood 250-300 miles (traveled 500 feet in 1 or 2 seconds) 13. Diroction of flight Northeast toward southwest 14. Tactics Oscillated from horizontal plane rapid speed) 15. Sound No sound 16. Size 8" in diameter 17. Color silvery 18. Shapo round and flat 19. Odor dotected N,S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails no trails of any kind 22. Weather conditions Weather clear and visibility u 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs none 25. Mannor of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: (over)
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.