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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1. 30 July 1948 2. Time 2015 hours 3. Location Worthington, Ohio 1. Name of observer John A. Felton 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 5800 High St, Worthington, Ohio 7. Place of observation Worthington, Ohio 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 15 minutes 11. Altitude Approx 3000 ft 12. Speed very slow 13. Diroction of flight SW 11. Tactics None 15. Sound None 16. Size N/S 17. Color silver 18. Shapo cylindrical 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions Clear with high scattered clouds, visibility good 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: (over)

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.