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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
Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.
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 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.