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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On night of 27 July 48, at 2200 hours observer saw object which resembled a huge ball in the sky. It came from the south and was headed north traveling at speed of jet planes which often fly over observer's house. Object trailed a bright red tail of fire and traveled in a straight line. There was some lightning and thunder at the time, but observer thought the object something entirely foreign. No noise could be heard. Object only seen for three seconds. Agents note: Mrs. Gibson is the wife of a local carpenter, and is highly respected. Not inclined to exaggerate or brag, according to neighbors.

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.