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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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## RESTRIOTE At approximately 2120 Central time, a light, with a brilliance slightly greater than a star appeared from the West traveling in an easterly direction at a high rate of speed. It first appeared slightly above the horizon of a clear moon-light night. There was no audible sound. It appeared to be at great height altho it was impossible to determine the altitude. It traveled a zig-zag course with frequent bursts of speed similar to a water but as it spurts and stops across the surface of water. Directly overhead it changed course 90° into the South. After 5 minutes it turned southwest and was lost in the brilliancy of the moon. At 2145 Central it was not longer possible to observe it. A call was placed to Maxwell Fld operations concerning the phenomena and inquiry was made if any experimental aircraft were scheduled for a flight in the vicinity but the reply was negative. No plausible explanation was offered for the unusual action of this source of light which acted contrary to any common aerodynamical laws. Two of the above noted observers were rated pilots and the other two, air intelligence officers. ## RESTRICTED
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