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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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1. Date and Time of Observation: Aug 19, 1948 at 1050 Eastern 2. Where Sighted: Godman AP Base, Ky 3. Observer's Position: Godmie AF Base, Ky (i. e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) 4. Name and Address of Observer: Lt Col John Waugh, Executive Officer ## Godman Field 5. Occupation and/or hobbies: Executive Officer, Godman Field 6. Attention Attracted by: I/S 7. Number of Object( ) Seen: 1 S. Size of Object(s): X/S 9. Color of Object(s): bright silver color - reflecting sun 10. Shape (Sketch if Possible) spherical 11. Nature of Luminosity: reflection of sunlight on silver (directed beam of light?) 12. Altitude of Object: thought to be between 30,000 & 40,000 ft (estimated) 13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observer: E/S 14. Estimated Speed of Object: Moving to the Southwest 15. Time in Sight: at scarcely discernible speed Approx 2 hours 16. Tactics: Seemed to appear stationary 17. Sound made by Object(s): B/S 18. Direction of Flight of Object(e) Southwest 19. Apparent Construction: metallic 20. Effect on Clouds: B/S 1. Exhaust Trail Color of): 8/8 22. Name of Disappearance: E/S 23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: 2/8. 24. Peculiarities Noted: Similarity of Altitude and Azimuth readings taken 25. Summary of Incident: (over) (See attnced page)
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Official release, 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. 144 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.