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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 28 Mar 48 2. Time 1630 hours 3. Location Berlin Lichtenrade, Kirchbachstrasse 2 1. Name of observer Dr Ormans, 6. Address of observer Berlin Lichtenrade, Kirchbachstrasse 2 7. Places of observation As above 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude 14 kilometers 12. Speed rather fast 13. Direction of flight South to North 15. Tactics N/S 15. Sound No sound reported 16. Size "white point" 17. Color White 18. Shape N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails No exhaust trail reported 22. Weather conditions clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor 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.