38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_101-172

Department of War · Document

38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_101-172 is indexed as a Department of War record. 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.

Notable / anomalous element

• The objects appeared at approximately five minute intervals. (OCR text, page 163)
• Estimated Distance of Object from Observer. (OCR text, page 33)
• Moving in westerly direetion against light wind. (OCR text, page 151)
• Description of objects similar to falling aircraft with smoke and debris trailing. (OCR text, page 25)

Details

• I looked around toward the house to see what was causing it and saw something hovering just above the house. (OCR text, page 5)
• He then walked out to where they were and looking up, saw a high cloud of smoke in the sky almost diredtly overhead (OCR text, page 5)
• The ex plosion is said to have been terrific. (OCR text, page 6)
• Directions given as to the progress of this appearance in dicate that it moved from west to east. (OCR text, page 6)
• the dispatch that these officials could offer no explanation f 4 If this is the case, the apparance is anomalous, and may lend. itself to other meteoric explanation. t ' A sketch-diagram of the earth and moon's orbit reveals a peculiarity in connection with the appearance, which may be significant. (OCR text, page 6)
• The writer has-in mind the various and wmexplained reports } on "flying saucers", and bases this speculation upon a long consideration of various oddments of reports whose significance might be (OCR text, page 7)
• plosion when it at last reached sufficient speed and eleva; tion for take-off. (OCR text, page 7)
• Also that lights have been reported on the moon from (OCR text, page 7)

Tags: War Department, -90.250000, -84.150000, Flying discs, Unidentified object, Lights, Moon, Aircraft, Anomalous object, Saucers