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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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 104 1. Date: 7 Mar 48 2. Time: 2055 C 3. Location: Smyrna, Tenn. 4. Name of observer: Frank L. Fenn, Maj, USAF, CO, Smyrna AF Base Cpl Richard C. Pettingill & Pvt Frank C. Johnson, 5. Occupation of observers: CO of Smyrna & radio and tower operators AACS Station 6. Address of observer: Smyrna AAF, Smyrna, Tenn 7. Place of observation: Smyrna AAF - 6 miles from (ground) 8. Number of objects: 1 9. Distance of object from observer: 6 miles 10. Time in sight: 45 minutes 11. Altitude: About 5° above horizon 12. Speed: very slow 13. Direction of flight: WNW away from Smyrna 14. Tactics: N/S Faded away 15. Sound: None 16. Size: Unknown 17. Color: yellow-orange 18. Shape: oval 19. Odor detected: N/S 20. Apparent construction: N/S - seemed to be flare 21. Exhaust trails: None 22. Weather conditions: CAVU - 10 miles 23. Effect on clouds: N/S 24. Sketches or photographs: Figs (2) showing yellow orange flame-like oval 25. Manner of disappearance: faded into horizon 26. Remarks: (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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