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U.S. Department of War · 144 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Air Materiel Command file, released by the U.S. Department of War, holds Incident Summary Sheets 173 through 233, sent under a 1949 transmittal. Most of the sheets record sightings of unidentified aerial objects in 1948 and early 1949. They cover Santa Fe, New Mexico, San Pablo, California, Honolulu, Kentwood, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi. Each sheet gives the observer's details and the object's size, speed and shape, and often an investigator's note on how reliable the witness seemed. The file ends with a blank guide for investigating reports, including radar sightings.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. NARA Record Group 38, catalogue id 143685. Each of these incident summaries 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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## INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET

Incident No. 221

1. Date and Time of Observation:

2. Where Sighted: Midland, Michigan

3. Observer's Position: (i.e., ground, air, control tower, etc.)

4. Name and Address of Observer:

5. Occupation and/or hobbies:

6. Attention Attracted by:

7. Number of Object(s) Seen:

8. Size of Object(s);

9. Color of Object(s):

11. Nature of Luminosity: (directed beam of light?)

10. Shape (Sketch if Possible)

12. Altitude of Object: (estimated)

13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observer:

14. Estimated Speed of Object:

15. Time in Sight:

16. Tactics:

17. Sound made by Object(s):

18. Direction of Flight of Object(s)

19. Apparent Construction:

20. Effect on Clouds:

21. Exhaust Trail Color of):

23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting:

22. Manner of Disappearance:

24. Peculiarities Noted:

25. Summary of Incident: (See attached page)

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