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This combined Project Sign file, drawn from USAF records, documents the 1 October 1948 encounter over Fargo, North Dakota, in which Air National Guard pilot 2nd Lt. George F. Gorman chased a small round white light in his F-51 for 27 minutes. The file holds checklists, interrogation reports by Major Paul Kubala of the ATI Field Office at Wright-Patterson, tower witness statements, Geiger readings on the aircraft and press clippings. It concludes that Gorman's statements should be accepted as truth until proven wrong.
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# CONFIDENTIAL Statement of an interview conducted by Major Donald C. Jones, Commanding Officer, 179th Fighter Squadron and 2nd Lt. George P. Gorman, Pilot in the above organization pertaining to the witnessing of an serial phenomenon by Lt. Gorman. Q. How did you happen to first notice the object in question? 1. Flying in circles to the left over the city of Ferro at 270 miles an hour, I noticed a sub circling the Football Field on the North end of Ferro. It almost the same time I noticed the object traveling from boat to West between the tower at Factor Airport and the Football Field. The time was 2100. Q. How did the object first look to you? 1. It first observation it appeared to be the rear navigation light on an aircraft except that it had no plare and was blinking on and off. Q. That did you then do? 1. My first reaction was to keep it in sight and circle with it. At the time, the object was making a circle around the city of Pargo at approximately 1000 feet traveling at the same rate of speed as I. Putting it in the light of the city, myself being above it, I checked it for wings and fuselage but it appeared to have none. I could distinguish the outline of the cub distinctly. 4. Did you have any conversation with the tower regarding the position of any aircraft in the cir? A. Yes. CONFIDENTIAL EXHIBIT " E " PAGE 0 OF 7 PAGES
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