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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. Date 19 Apr 48 Incident #115 2. Time 1615 3. Location Over Greenville AF Base, Greenville,S. C. h. Name of observers 1st Lt Francis W. Hennin, Jr. & 1st Lt Robert G. Loomis, USAF 5. Occupation of obgorver Both attached to Liaison sq. Greenville 6. Address of observer's Greenville AF Base, Greenville, E. C. 7. Place of observation Greenville AF Base 8. Number of objects 3-1 at first , later 9. Distance of object from observer 15,000 to 20,000 ft overhead 10. Time in sight 2 minutes 11. Altitude 15,000 to 20000 ft 12. Speed Undetermined. Stationary, then rapidly accelerating and climbing 13. Direction of flight North 11. Tactics Hovering then acceleration and climbing Observed trail formation 15. Sound none audible (7) - states: Witnesses were attracted by sound of fighter aircraft in vicinity. 17. Color white 18. Shn.pe elliptical 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails No exhaust or condensation trail 22. Wonthor conditions CAVU 23. Effect on clouds N/S 2h. Sketches or photographs 2 25. Mannor of disappearance in distance 26. Romurks: (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.