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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CONFIDENTIAL CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 144b 1. Date 24 July 48 2. Time 0230 3. Location Between Blackstone, Va. and Greensboro, N.C. 4. Name of observer Capt Perry R. Mansfield. 5. Occupation of observer Capt on 571/23 EAL 6. Address of observer EAL 7. Place of observation Between Blackstone, Va. and Greensboro, N.C. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight 3 seconds 11. Altitude N/S 12. Speed meteoric 13. Direction of flight southerly 14. Tactics traveling horizontally 15. Sound N/S 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 N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S CAVU 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance "died out" in the distance 26. Remarks: (over) [CONFIDENTIAL] 6/

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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