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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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1. Date 7 May 48
2. Time 1500 to 1700
3. Location Memphis, Tenn.
4. Name of observer Miss Jean Bray, Housekeeper et al (see other side)
5. Occupation of observer Housekeeper
6. Address of observer 253 W. Waldorf Ave., Memphis, Tenn.
7. Place of observation Memphis,Tenn.
8. Number of objects 50 or 60
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Timo in sight N/S
11. Altitude extremely high
12. Spcod faster than any aircraft witnesses had ever seen
13. Direction of flight easterly
14. Tactics Most traveled in straight line altho some of them zig-zagged.
15. Sound None
16. Size Very small
17. Color shiny - like bright aluminum
18. Shapo unknown - possibly like meteor
19. Odor dotectod N/S
20. Apparent construction I/S
21. Exhaust trails Some objects seemed to have a silvery tail which might have been exhaust
22. Weather conditions CAVU, wind: 330 to $ 3 4 0^{\circ} $ , 15 MPH at surface increasing to 66 MPH at 20,000; Surface temp: $ 7 2^{\circ} $ ; dew point $ 4 3^{\circ} $ relative humidity 40% 23. Effect on clouds N/S
24. Skotches or photographs None
25. Manner 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.