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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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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 92 1. Date. 19 May 1947 2. Time 1215-1315 3. Location Pikes Peak Railway, Manitou Springs, Colorado 4. Name of observer Mr. D. A. Heuser, Mr. F. J. Smith, & Mr. L. D. Jamison 5. Occupation of observer employes of Ek Pikes Peak Railway 6. Address of observer Pikes Peak Railway, Manitou Springs, Colorado 7. Place of observation Manitou Springs. Colorado 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer I/S 10. Timo in sight I/S 11. Altitude Over 1,000 feet 12. Speed Not determined - but very rapid 13. Diroction of flight westward 14. Tactics climbing diving and reversal of direction of flight 15. Sound E/S 16. Size Could not be determined 17. Color silver 18. Shape Could not be determined 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction I/S 21. Exhaust trails I/S 22. Weather conditions CAVU - no ground wind 23. Effect on clouds No clouds 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance climbing very fast towards the West 26. Remarks: (over)
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