U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 210 pages · text by OCR, confidence 99%

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From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 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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RESTRICTED CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 137a 1. Date 7 Jul 48 2. Time 2114 and 2115 3. Location Chapel Hill, N. C. 4. Name of observer H. W. Daniels 5. Occupation of observer Capt., Infantry, Reserve 6. Address of observer Box 188, Chapel Hill 7. Place of observation Chapel Hill, N. C. 8. Number of objects three (3) 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight Approximately one (1) minute 11. Altitude Extreme 12. Speed High 13. Direction of flight East Northeast 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound Jet 16. Size N/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shape N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails Not Visible 22. Weather conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: RESTRICTED 72

Cases discussed

The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) 1913
"meteoric procession" which crossed Toronto in February 1913
The Maury Island Incident 1947
accident over Maury Island, Puget Sound, around June, 1947
The Mantell UFO Incident 1948
Something like a "flying disc" was pursued by one Lt. Mantell... Mantel being killed
The Gorman Dogfight 1948
Incident 172: George F. Gorman, F-51 pursuit of white light over Fargo, 1 Oct 1948

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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 99%); expect the odd misread word. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.