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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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1. Date 20 June 1948 2. Time 2230 3. Location Belleville, Illinois 4. Name of observer Major Earl J. Harrington 5. Occupation of observer Pilot, Supervisor, Military Trng 6. Address of observer Scott AF Base, Belleville, Ill 7. Place of observation Belleville, Ill. (2) Ground (?) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude Undetermined but below 6,000 ft. 12. Speed Approx 500 MPH 13. Direction of flight 295° S of Base then 340° upon reaching south end of Scott AF Base 14. Tactics 14. Tactics zigzag course 15. Sound none 16. Size Six or eight inches in diameter 17. Color white light 18. Shape Approx round 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Complete overcast at 6,000 ft. 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks No aircraft flying in the vicinity of Scott AF Base at the time light was sighted. 64. 1310
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.