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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 5 April 1948 2. Time N/S 3. Location Holloman Air Force Base 4. Name of observer Mr. Olsen 5. Occupation of observer Trained balloon observer, Geophysics Lab Section 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation From the ground 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight 30 seconds 11. Altitude Very high 12. Speed Faster than any known aircraft 13. Diroction of flight N/S 11. Tactics Eratic - completing a large loop after its downward descent, then soaring upward and disappearing suddenly 15. Sound None 16. Size Large 17. Color Grey-white 18. Shape Rounded, indistinct form 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions C.A.V.U. 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance Disappeared suddenly 26. Romarks: This was evidently the one object, of two sighted by another witness, that veered to the right and down. Its vaguely
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.