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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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i. Date 11 April 1948 2. Time 2330 3. Location 4 miles north, of Alton, Illinois 4. Name of observer Col W. F. Siegmund 5. Occupation of observer Former Commandant of the Air Base at Kearns, Utah and at present sales manager for Western Cartridge, Co., Alton. 6. Address of observer Weestern Cartridge,Co., Alton; Ill. 7. Place of observation 4 miles north of Alton, Ill - ground. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spood N/S 13. Diroction of flight N/S 14. Tactics "flapped its wings" 15. Sound N/S 16. Sizo "bigger than an airplane" 17. Color N/S 18. Shape Resembled a huge fowl and not a type of aircraft 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: Col Siegmund said he observed the creature at about 11:30 A.M. 11 Apr 48, while riding four miles north of Alton, I11
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.