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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.
## CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1. Date 30 April 1948
2. Time 1015
3. Location Anacostia, Naval Air Station, $ 3 8^{\circ} 5 2^{\prime} \mathrm{N}, $ $ 7 7^{\circ} 0 0^{\prime} \mathrm{W}. $
1. Name of observer Marcus L.Lowe
5. Occupation of observer Lt Commander, US Navy
6. Address of observer N/S
7. Place of observation air
8. Number of objects One
9. Distance of object from observer One mile
10. Timo in sight N/S
11. Altitude 4500 feet
12. Spood 100 m.p.h.
13. Diroction of flight $ 3 6 0^{\circ} \mathrm{N} $
11. Tactics N/S
15. Sound N/S
16. Size 25-40 ft diameter
17. Color Yellow (light colored)
18. Shape Sphere
19. Odor dotected N/S
20. Apparont construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails N/S
22. Weather conditions N/S
23. Effect on clouds N/S
24. Sketches or photographs None
25. Mannor of disappearance N/S
26. Romarks: The object appeared to the pilot to be a yellow (or light colored) balloon, and attracted attention principally because 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.