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This declassified U.S. Air Force compilation of unidentified flying object incidents 101 to 172 contains check-list reports from 1948 and 1945. Incident 101 covers the 18 February 1948 sky explosion over Norcatur, Kansas, with letters from Norman G. Markham suggesting a lunar spacecraft, Dr. Lincoln LaPaz's reply judging it a genuine meteorite fall, and witness statements. The final incident, 172, records George F. Gorman's 27 minute F-51 pursuit of a white light over Fargo on 1 October 1948, corroborated by tower controllers and Dr. Cannon.
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.
1. Date 23 arch 1948 2. Time 0300-0500 3. Location Baltimore (Hamilton) Maryland 10. Tame of observer Identity confidential 5. Occupation of observer Active in American Section activities 6. address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation N/S 16. Number of objects Undetermined 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight Not sighted 11. altitude N/S 12. Speed N/S 13. Direction of flight N/S 11. Tactics N/S 15. Sound Motor drone of foreign type aircraft 16. Size N/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shape N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 21. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: See Supplement
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; expect the odd misread word. 210 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.