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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 12 Dec 1947 2. Time 2205 & 2208 3. Location Oslo, Norway 4. Name of observer Daughter to MA Kai E. Rasmussen, Col G3C 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Some as MA, Oslo, Norway 7. Place of observation Oslo, Norway (Ground) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight Between two and three seconds N/3 (Apparently traveling fairly close to ground or would be visible to more people) Not quite as fast as a meteor 12. Speed ground or would be visible to more people Not quite as fast as a meteor 13. Direction of flight SSW to NNW (?) 14. Tactics Performed arc of circle, curvature-very great 15. Sound None 16. Size N/3 17. Color Luminous white with greenish-yellow tail 18. Shape N/S 19. Odor detected None 20. Apparent construction Meteor-like 21. Exhaust trails Greenish-yellow trail 22. Weather conditions No fog, sky clear and star-lit 23. Effect on clouds none 24. Sketches or photographs none 25. Manner of disappearance Trees obscured vision 26. Remarks: Office employee reports unusual no. of falling stars night of 13 Dec. Univ Observatory has no record of incident.
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.