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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 #
1. Date 17 Jan. 45
2. Time 1445
3. Location Godman Fld. Ky
4. Name of observer Col Guy G. Hix
5. Occupation of observer Commanding Officer, Godman Fld
6. Address of observer Godman Fld. Ly.
7. Place of observation Control.Tower, Godman Fld
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer I/S
10. Timo in sight 5 minutes
11. Altitude 25,000
12. Speed 180 MPH
13. Direction of flight 215 $ ^{*} $ South to the west
14. Tactics Remained stationery for approx 1-1/2 hours
15. Sound None
16. Size 1/4 size full moom
17. Color white
18. Shape round
19. Odor detected. I/s
20. Apparent construction I/S
Exhaust trails Seemed at times to have a red border at the top and
22. Weather conditions Clear
23. Effect on clouds None
24. Sketches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance Behind a cloud
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