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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.
1. Date 8 May 1948
2. Time Night
3. Location (Hobson) Middleport, Ohio, $ 3 0^{\circ} 0 0^{\prime} $ N, $ 8 2^{\circ} 0 3^{\prime} $ W
h. Name of observer Ben Rupe
5. Occupation of observer New York Central System Car Inspector
6. address of observer N/S
7. Place of observation Ground
5. Number of objects N/S
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitudo 6-8 miles
12. Speed Great amount of speed
13. Direction of flight $ 9 0^{\circ} $
1h. Tactics N/S
15. Sound N/S
16. Size 9" diameter from ground level
17. Color Phosphorescent
18. Shape Round
19. Odor detected N/S
20. Apparent construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails Phosphorescent trail in sky
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 above covers sighting of same objects by Earl Roush New York Central System Car Inspector; Bob White, New York Central 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.