Documents / Official release
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 No. 200 1. Date and Time of Observation: 17 Oct 48 1610Z 2. Where Sighted: Crescent City, Calif 3. Observer's Position: ground (i. e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) 4. Name and Address of Observer: Edgar W. Allen, 3rd and Leuf Ave., Crescent City, Calif. 5. Occupation and/or hobbies: Barber 6. Attention Attracted by: Glint of light 7. Number of Object( ) Seen: 1 8. Size of Object(s): 25 feet long 9. Color of Object(s): silver 10. Shape (Sketch if Possible) eggshaped with fine 11. Nature of Luminosity: N/S (directed beam of light?) 12. Altitude of Object: (estimated) (5,000 to 25,000 feet) - Mr Allen thought 10,000 ft. 13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observ. r: - was seen laterally at a 60° angle of elevation from horizon 14. Estimated Speed of Object: 300 mph 15. Time in Sight: 2 to 4 minutes 16. Tactics: Made 1 short bank and then resumed course 17. Sound made by Object(s): none 18. Direction of Flight of Object(s) southerly 19. Apparent Construction: solid construction - like nickel plated 20. Effect on Clouds: None 21. Exhaust Trail (Color of): None 22. Manner of Disappearance: Faded from view 23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: Ceiling: Unlimited - visibility 20 miles 24. Peculiarities Noted: Object shaped like bullet - no wings being noticeable 25. Summary of Incident: (See attached page)
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Official release, 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. 144 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.