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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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1. Date 11 Mar 48 Incident # 116 2. Time night 3. Location Near shores of James Bay, 4. Name of observer V. J. Pratt 5. Occupation of observer Employe of Hudson Bay Co. 6. Address of observer Moose Factory 7. Place of observation Moose Factory, Canaca 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitudo N/S 12. Speed meteoric 13. Direction of flight earthward 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound No noise 16. Size size of football 17. Color Blue flame 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20. Apparent construction meteor 21. Exhaust trails xmagexkight N/S 22. Weather conditions Night 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance exploded 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.