DOW-UAP-D087, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100
WAR.gov / Department of War PURSUE Release 03
Official WAR.gov Release 03 pdf record DOW-UAP-D087: DOW-UAP-D087, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100. Agency: Department of War; incident context: not specified, United States.
Document Highlights
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Short overview
This document contains early Air Force materials and checklists on unidentified flying objects, here covering cases 1β100. The candidates show sample pages with checklists, observer details, reports of flashes, luminous objects, and some heavily OCR-noisy passages. The entries are case reports and descriptions, not automatically confirmed explanations.
Why this is interesting
- Preserves structured early case files in checklist form.
- Includes observer data, location, time, and short incident descriptions.
- Shows the variety of reports, from control-tower reports to foreign observations.
- Some candidates are heavily OCR-noisy; the page references remain useful.
Selected passages
- p. 0: The title names βU.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100.β
- p. 249: A control tower obtained a report that United Airlines Flight 19 observed a flash north of its position.
- p. 250: A βCheck List - Unidentified Flying Objectsβ lists date, time, location, and observer for Incident #98.
- p. 253: A report describes a shining object near Pietarsaari with flames and grey streaks; the OCR/direct text there is noisy.
Background
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.