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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 20 Feb 48 Incident # 119b 2. Time 0700 3. Location. Villa Hayes (10 miles NNE of Asuncion) 4. Name of observer Rancher and laborers 5. Occupation of observer Rancher. 6. Address of observer in the "Chaco" 7. Place of observation Ranch house in neighborhood of Villa Hayes 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitudo 1,000 ft 12. Spood less than that of a plane 13. Direction of flight west to east 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shape disc 19. Odor dotectod N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S - gave off an intense green color 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: (θver)
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.