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box7 Incident Summaries 1-100

U.S. Department of War · 209 pages · text by OCR

This U.S. Department of War file, undated, holds checklist summaries of incidents 1 to 100 of unidentified flying objects reported in 1947 and early 1948. The first entries cover sightings of silver discs and spheres by officers and staff at Muroc Army Air Field on 7 and 8 July 1947. Next come the Portland, Oregon police reports of 4 July, a United Air Lines crew near Emmett, Idaho, and a set of 30 December flame and explosion reports from California and Nevada. The file ends with two Finnish 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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“Nevers”5 pages

  • p. 37 …found it to be approximately 150 MPH. Never before had he observed planes flying so close…
  • p. 47 …She mentioned that she had never seen that before, so we stopped to look and listen…
  • p. 111 …I think it was a flying saucer as I have never seen anything equal to it…
  • p. 142 …Witness states he never observed a comet which acted in this manner and was of the…
  • p. 162 …middle-aged man The boys stated that they had never before seen one of the discs.
## CONFIDENTIAL

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 10 Jan 48

Incident # 50a

2. Time 10 PM EST

3. Location Wildwood, N. J.

4. Name of observer Mrs. Krueger

5. Occupation of observer housewife

6. Address of observer 401 Pine Ave., Wildwood, New Jersey

7. Place of observation from 401 Pine Ave (39° 00' N & 78° 48' W)

8. Number of objects 2

9. Distance of object from observer 500 ft

10. Timo in sight 5-8 seconds

11. Altitude varying

12. Speed slow descent

13. Direction of flight down

14. Tactics Floated slowly across horizon, separated and disappeared

15. Sound none

16. Size N/S - that of lamplight

17. Color orange-colored

18. Shape discs or balls

19. Odor detected N/S

20. Apparent construction - N/S

21. Exhaust trails None

22. Weather conditions Clear night

23. Effect on clouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs none

25. Manner of disappearance fell into sea

26. Remarks: (over)

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