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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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 May 1948 Incidont # 167 2. Time 0905 GCT 3. Location 19° 08' N - 164° 05' E between Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands and Hickam Field., 4. Name of observer Capt Floyd Barnes 5. Occupation of observer Pilot USAF 6. Address of observer Pacific Division, Milit Air Trans Service 7. Place of observation Ahead & above his plane 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer 4 to 5 miles 10. Timo in sight split second 11. Altitude 10,000 ft 12. Spcod N/S 13. Direction of flight N/S 11. Tactics exploded like a shell 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color white 18. Shapo ball 19. Odor dotected N/S 20. Apparent construction Max "fire" 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions 5/10 cloud coverage 23. Effect on clouds N/S 21. Sketches or photographs none 25. Manner of disappearance exploded 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.