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. Date 18 February 1948 2. Time 5:01 P.M. 3. Location Noreatur,ansas 4. Name of observer M. R. Krehbiel account (taken from newspaper) 5. Occupation of observer Editor 6. Address of observer Norton, Kansas 7. Place of observation Noreatur, Kansas 8. Number of objects ne 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitudo 30-35 miles above earth 12. Speed N/S 13. Direction of flight N/S 1h. Tactics N/S 15. Sound One big explosion - "afterwards a lot of little explosions" 16. Sizo N/S 17. Color Bluish-white smoke smudge 18. Shapo Mushroom 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction Meteor 21. Exhaust trails Mana Bluish-white smoke smudge 22. Weather conditions $ ^{H} / S $ 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs Photo of vapor trail left in sky by explosion 25. Nanner of disappearance Disintegration 26. Romarks: Oscar Monnig, of the Texas Observers, amateur Astronomy, 1010 Morningside Drive, Ft. Worth, offers "tangible proof that the fireball

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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