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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: 8 Nov 48 1850 2ST
2. Where Sighted: Newark AF Base, Newark, H. J. $ 4 0^{\circ} 4 2^{\prime} $ H $ 7 4^{\circ} 1 0^{\prime} $ W
3. Observer's Position: ground (i.e., ground, air, control tower, etc.)
4. Name and Address of Observer: Bimund J. Cisak, 108-44 Liverpool St Jamaica, Long Island
5. Occupation and/or hobbies: Civilian Dispatcher, Newark AF Base. Regular participant in Reserve flying activities. Former Capt. USAFR.
6. Attention Attracted by: Was preparing to soon the sky when object was observed
7. Number of Object( ) Seen: 1
8. Size of Object(e): Some relative diameter as the moon but with little or no depth (thickness)
9. Color of Object(s): pale luminous - 1/3 brightness of moon
10. Shape (Sketch if Possible) disc - round with little or nor depth
11. Nature of Luminosity: Appeared as luminous object (directed beam of light?)
12. Altitude of Object: 5.000 to 6.000 ft (estimated)
15. Estimated Distance of object from Observer: Appeared at 459 angle above
14. Estimated Speed of Object: 800 MPH
15. Time in sight: one second or less
16. Tactics: made arc toward south southeast - performed comparatively horizontal flight
17. Sound made by Objct(s): no sound
18. Direction of Flight of Object(e) south southeast
19. Apparent Construction: M/S - luminous
20. Effect on Clouds:E/S
11. Exhaust Trail (Color of): B/O
22. Manner of Disappearance: Passed out of eight over another hanger.
23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: Moonlit night - clear
24. Peculiarities Boted: Object seemed to have no depth and maintained a
25. Summary of Incident: (over) (See attached page) Not linked to a story yet.
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.