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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.

Incident # 111 1. Date 1 April 1948 2. Time 0955 3. Location 124° 3' East, 12°, 52' North 4. Name of observer 1st Lt. Meyers (Robert W.) 5. Occupation of observer P-47 Pilot 6. Address of observer 67th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group 7. Place of observation Philippine Islands - Sighted from air 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer 3 miles 10. Timo in sight Approximately 60 seconds 11. Altitude 1000 feet 12. Speed 200 mph (disappeared in 5 seconds, indicating great acceleration) 13. Diroction of flight $ 2 7 0^{\circ} $ 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound None 16. Size Estimated - wing-span 30 feet, length 20 feet 17. Color Silver 18. Shapo A half moon closely resembling a flying wing type acft; turtle back and an indistinct dorsal fin 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None observed 22. Weather conditions Scattered cumulus, base 3000 feet, tops 6000 feet 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotohos or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Object leveled out on heading of $ 2 7 0^{\circ} $ , accelerated rapidly and disappeared from sight 26. Remarks: See attached supplement

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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.