U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 210 pages · text by OCR

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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“Bakersfield”6 pages

p. 22 …Location Bakersfield, California 4. Name of observer George L. Buchner 5. Occupation of observer N/S…
p. 23 …Larsen, Sheriff's office, Bakersfield, California. a. observation by Mr. (George L) Les Buchner, Bakersfield, California…
p. 24 …Information from the Sheriff's Office, Bakersfield, California, revealed that numerous calls from residents in Bakersfield…
p. 26 …Location Bakersfield, California 4. Name of observer Mr. Denio 5. Occupation of observer Pacific General Electric…
p. 27 …Location Bakersfield, California 4. Name of observer H. B. Nix 5. Occupation of observer N/S…
p. 28 …Location Bakersfield, California 4. Name of observers J.E. Johnson and Mrs. Callie R. Mason 5…

Incident Swimmers

101-172 Since.

DECLASSIFIED

Authority: NND 917033

Cases discussed

The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) 1913
"meteoric procession" which crossed Toronto in February 1913
The Maury Island Incident 1947
accident over Maury Island, Puget Sound, around June, 1947
The Mantell UFO Incident 1948
Something like a "flying disc" was pursued by one Lt. Mantell... Mantel being killed
The Gorman Dogfight 1948
Incident 172: George F. Gorman, F-51 pursuit of white light over Fargo, 1 Oct 1948

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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.