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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.
“The Wash”2 pages
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 under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.