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38_143685, Air Force "Check-List – Unidentified Flying Objects" Incident Summaries Nos. 173–233 (1948)

Date
Oct.–Dec. 1948 (range of dated forms)
Location
Various (U.S. and Philippines)
Agency
Department of War
Release
Release 01 (May 8, 2026)
Type
document

Summary

A 144-page set of numbered incident forms, many hard to read. Legible entries include #176, an Army colonel's sighting; a 16 Oct 1948 report near Sterling, Utah; a 17 Oct 1948 sighting from the Crescent City Light Station; a 12 Nov 1948 white speck over Clark AF Base, Philippines; #220, a yellow light flash on 29 Nov 1948 reported by a science teacher; and #224, in which two special agents, both rated pilots, flying a T-7 near Las Vegas, N.M., on 8 Dec 1948 saw "a strange phenomenon" approach their aircraft.

Note

Summary covers selected legible forms; much of the released scan is hard to read.

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