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U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 210 pages · text by OCR

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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“Nevers”7 pages

  • p. 10 …These reports have never been seriously considered by science, which in general ignores them. However, according…
  • p. 81 …Col Siegmund was never questioned but some sort of investigation obviously should be made in lieu…
  • p. 95 …a jet aircraft that I perhaps had never seen - because we as civilians know very little…
  • p. 165 …Another car stopped near them with two occupants who claimed that they had never witnessed anything…
  • p. 169 …many vapor trails from planes but had never observed anything like this. He states: "It was…
  • p. 182 …a definite sharp outline - something I had never seen before. At first I thought it might…
  • p. 195 …this aircraft on Channel "B" and "C", "VHF" but acknowledgment of his transmission was never received.
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)

Cases discussed

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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.