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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BASIC: Ltr Hq 13th AF, APO 719, Subj: "Rpt of Sighting of Unidentified Aircraft and/or Flying Object," dtd 8 Apr 48. AG 452.1 A-2 1st Ind 15 April 1948 HEADQUARTERS, FAR EAST AIR FORCES, APO 925, TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attention: CMI 1. Reference is made to letter Headquarters United States Air Force, subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs'" dated 26 February 1948. 2. Evaluation of sighting described in basic communication by this headquarters is that in view of the circumstances surrounding the incident, the object was probably a bird. FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: /s/ C. N. Stewart C. N. STEWART Capt, AGD Asst Adj Gen 3 T-22190 SECRET 33

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.