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box Incident Summaries 101-172
U.S. Department of War · 178 pages · text by OCR, confidence 99%
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From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. NARA Record Group 38, catalogue id 143685. Each of these incident summaries 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.
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1. Date 26 July 1948
Incident # 165
2. Timo 2100
3. Location Chamblee, Ga.
4. Name of observer Doyle L. Avery et al
5. Occupation of observer Observer, Atlanta Naval Air Base
6. Address of observer Atlanta Naval Air Base, Chamblee, Ga.
7. Place of observation Observation tower
8. Number of objects 1 blue white light
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitudo N/S
12. Speed N/S - like shooting star
13. Direction of flight SE turning S and gaining altitude
Tactics straight & level & gaining altitude
15. Sound None
16. Size N/S
17. Color blue-white light
18. Shape. N/S - object not seen
19. Odor detected N/S
Apparent construction like shooting star
Exhaust trails N/S - possibly the blue white light was the exhaust
22. Woathor conditions 2/10 cirrus at 25,000 ft; 1 to 4/10 of lower strato cirrus at 5,000 ft. Visibility 12 to 15 miles. Surf wind light & variabbe
23. Effect on clouds N/S
Sketches or photographs None
Manner of disappearance N/S
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