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box Incident Summaries 173-233
U.S. Department of War · 144 pages · text by OCR, confidence 98%
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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.
INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET
Incident No. 229A
1. Date and Time of Observation: 14 Dec 1948
2. Where Sighted: Riviera Beach Florida
3. Observer's Position:
(i. e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) Ground (With Binoculars)
4. Name and Address of Observer: n/s
5. Occupation and/or hobbies: n/s
6. Attention Attracted by: n/s
7. Number of Object(s) Seen: n/s
8. Size of Object(s): 20 feet
9. Color of Object(s): Silver with big white spot.
10. Shape (Sketch if Possible): Like large kite.
11. Nature of Luminosity:
(directed beam of light?)
12. Altitude of Object:
(estimated)
13. Estimated Distance of object from Observer:
14. Estimated Speed of Object:
15. Time in Sight:
16. Tactics: Dodged skid and speeded up.
17. Sound Made by Object(s):
18. Direction of Flight of Object(s)
19. Apparent Construction:
20. Effect on Clouds:
21. Exhaust Trail (Color of):
22. Manner of Disappearance:
23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting:
24. Peculiarities Noted:
25. Summary of Incident:
(S[redacted]age) Complete investigation not being made due to
unreliability of initial report.
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