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Newspaper clippings, combined PDF

NICAP / USAF · 4 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This combined PDF of newspaper clippings, attributed to NICAP and the USAF with no date given, reports Lt. George Gorman's October 1 night encounter over Fargo, North Dakota. Gorman, of the North Dakota Air National Guard's 178th Fighter Squadron, said a small lighted object outran and outmaneuvered his F-51 for nearly half an hour, making head-on passes before climbing out of sight. Two control tower operators and a Cub pilot, optometrist Dr. A. E. Cannon, supported his account.

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Next, there was the report of the Club pilot. 1Dr. A. B. Cannons of Fargo said he watched the chase both from the air and ground. And he's an optometrist.

All four persons identified the object as a round sight, perfectly formed, with no rays looming its body.

Lt. Duane Land, squadron PIO who rounded up the story for unpaid the engagement left pilots of the 178th hopeful that they would see the object again—all that in except one.

Lt. George Gorhan isn't planning a repeat performance.

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