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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 GLM-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.

  • p. 23 # HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field…
  • p. 24 # HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA…
  • p. 29 …Location Baltimore (Hamilton) Maryland 10. Tame of observer Identity confidential 5. Occupation of observer Active in…
  • p. 30 …who lives in her neighborhood, which is Hamilton, Baltimore, Maryland, and this woman stated that she…

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into reports like this one on the explosion over Norcatur and the direction of the object involved.

There is a possibility, however remote this may seem, that the moon is either inhabited or in use by other than human beings.

tours,

/s/ NORMAN GARRETT MARKHAM

It may do not harm to

watch the moon for

possible arrival of

this thing in the quarter

at 80 to 100 hours after

"its departure".

NGM

Cases discussed

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