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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.
“Headquarters”8 pages
1. Date 18 April 1948 2. Time 1500 GCT 3. Location North atlantic, 62°00'N 33°00'W 4. Name of observer N/S 5. Occupation of observer Weather station patrol 6. Address of observer First Coast Guard District 7. Place of observation Air 8. Number of objects ne 9. Distance of object from observer 6500 yards - 18000 yards 1C. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spcod 30 mph 13. Direction of flight N/S 1h. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Sizo N/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 22. Weather conditions C.A.V.U. 21. Exhaust trails N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Target strength was S5 fading at 18,000 yards 26. Romarks: This incident is the result of a radar sighting. Copy is also filed in radar sighting file.
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.