U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100

U.S. Department of War · 253 pages · text by OCR, confidence 97%

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From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: United States. 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 # 21 1. Date 29 Jun 47 2. Time 1645 3. Location Des Moines, Iowa 4. Name of observer Dale Bay 5. Occupation of observer Editor of Amazing Stories Magazine 6. Address of observer Box 10, Crocker, Mo. 7. Place of observation Not stated 8. Number of objects at first 5, then 13 9. Distance of object from observer Not stated 10. Time in sight Not stated 11. Altitude 1200 ft. 12. Speed 300 mph 13. Direction of flight 12W 14. Tactics single file 15. Sound like an electric motor or dynamo 16. Size about 12 ft. thick & 175 to 250 ft. in diameter 17. Color dirty white 18. Shape Between circle and oval - inverted saucer 19. Odor detected Not stated 20. Apparent construction Not stated 21. Exhaust trails Not stated 22. Weather conditions Not stated 23. Effect on clouds Not stated 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Not stated 26. Remarks: None

Cases discussed

United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho 1947
crew of a United Air Lines plane over Boise, Idaho
Muroc Army Air Field disc sightings 1947
Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California; test pilot Major J. C. Wise, 9 July 1947
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
checklists of dozens of July 1947 disc sightings, e.g. Portland, Oregon, 4 July 47

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Report, 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 (mean confidence 97%); expect the odd misread word. 253 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.