box Incident Summaries 101-172

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 1. Date 18 February 1948 2. Time 1500 MST 3. Location Air near Green River Utah 4. Name of observers Capt. Howard H. Berodt - Capt Maurice T. Ritenour (See Inc 102 - corrbration) 5. Occupation of observer Pilots 6. Address of observer 718th Bomb Sq, 28th Bomb Gp (VH) Weaver AFB, S.D. 7. Place of observation $ 3 9^{\circ} \mathrm{N}-1 0 0^{\circ} \mathrm{W} $ - Near Green River, Utah 8. Number of objects one 9. Distance of object from observer 100 miles 10. Time in sight N/S Altitude 20,000 feet Spood Very high 13. Direction of flight Southeast (of Limon, Colorado) Tactics Explosion rate 15. Sound Could not be determined due to B-29 engine noise Size Huge (Seen 100 miles west of the B-29's) 17. Color Multi-colored ball of fire 18. Shape Hugh multi-colored ball of fire and dense cloud of smoke followed 19. Odor detected N/S Apparent construction N/S Exhaust trails Vapor trail with a ball of fire at the head of trail Weather conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: News - Same as incident 102 which see