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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CONFIDENTIAL CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 113 1. Date 9 April 1948 2. Time 1510 3. Location Montgomery, Alabama 4. Name of observer Robert B. Hughes, Lt. Colonel, USAF 5. Occupation of observer Pilot 6. Address of observer Tactics Div., Air Tactical School, Tyndall AF Base 7. Place of observation From the air 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight Five seconds 11. Altitude Approximately 16000 feet 12. Speed In excess of the viewer's 310 mph air speed 13. Direction of flight Northwest 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound None 16. Size Top part eight feet diameter 17. Color Silver 18. Shape Had the appearance of a parachute carrying a large canister or ball 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear, visibility and ceiling unlimited 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs - Sketch (trip) 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: Lt. Col. Robert B. Hughes first sighted the object before completing an 180° left turn over the town of Montgomery, Alabama. 38

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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