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 # 161 1. Date Around July 8, 48 2. Time N/S 3. Location McKeesport, Pa. 4. Name of observer Mrs. Nell Veway & Mrs. Elizabeth Goltz 5. Occupation of observer housewife 6. Address of observers Mrs Veway: 3404 Grover Ave. ) McKeesport, Pa. Mrs Goltz: 2604 Grover Ave. ) 7. Place of observation McKeesport, Pa. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Speed N/S 13. Direction of flight N/S - toward Kennywood Park 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound noiseless 16. Size 12 to 15 inches in dia. 17. Color silver 18. Shape "plate" 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds disappeared in cloud bank 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance disappeared in cloud bank 26. Remarks: (over) /63

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.