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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. 154
1. Date and Time of Observation: 20 Oct 1948 0600
2. Where Sighted: [redacted] Winona, Minnesota
3. Observer's Position: ground
(i. e., ground, air, control tower, etc.)
4. Name and Address of Observer: Dr F. T. Benoit & Paul Zenk.
5. Occupation and/or hobbies: N/S
6. Attention Attracted by: N/S
7. Number of Object(s) Seen: 1
8. Size of Object(s): 25 feet long by 8 feet wide
9. Color of Object(s): N/S
10. Shape (Sketched if Possible) N/S
11. Nature of Luminosity: "sparks"
(Directed beam of light?)
12. Altitude of Object: N/S
(estimated)
13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observer:
14. Estimated Speed of Object: Slow
15. Time in Sight: N/S
16. Tactics: Broke up into numerous bright particles
17. Sound Made by Object(s): N/S
18. Direction of Flight of Object(s) N/S
19. Apparent Construction: "a bunch of sparks with a tail"
20. Effect on Clouds: N/S
21. Exhaust Trail Color of): tail
22. Manner of Disappearance: broke up into numerous bright particles
23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: N/S
24. Peculiarities Noted: slow speed and the fact that it broke into numerous bright particles
25. Summary of Incident: (over)
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