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. 175a 1. Date and Time of Observation: 23 Sept 4g 0930 2. Where Sighted: Santa Jo, N. N. 3. Observer's Position: ground (i. e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) 4. Name and Address of Observer: Mr John C. Fairchild 5. Occupation and/or hobbies: Building Superintendent drawing, mechanical inclinations also woodworking 6. Attention Attracted by: Glint of light photography 7. Number of Object( ) Seen: 1 F. Size of Object(n): 150 - 200 feet estimated size 9. Color of Object(s): bright silvery object 10. Shape (Sketch if Possible) oblong egg shape 11. Nature of Luminosity: saw just a silver streak (directed beam of light?) 12. Altitude of Object: 30,000 feet (estimated) 15. Estimated Distance of object from Observer: 7 miles 14. Estimated Speed of Object: 700 or 800 MPH 15. Time in sight: /s 16. Tactics: Straight course 17. Sound made by Obj. ct(s): None 16. Direction of Flight of Object(s) Northeast - Southwest 19. Apparent Construction: Unknown 20. Effect on Clouds: Clear sky 11. Exhaust Trail (Color of): Bluish appearance to rear 22. Warner of Disappearance: Faded from view 23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: GAWU 24. Peculiarities Noted: Sort of a sunflower shape at the end of object 25. Summary of Incident: (over) (See attached 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.