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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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# Airport Traffic Control Tower Hector Airport - Box 1755 1.0.4 Fargo, North Dakota " October 1, 1948 178th Fighter Squadron Air National Guard Fargo, North Dakota Gentlemen: Attention: Maj. D. Jones This is to advise that I sighted an object or a light traveling at a high rate of speed, through H. & L. 6 x 30 binoculars, with an F-51 following. The object passed between my position and the city traveling at a high rate of speed apparently on a southwest heading. The F-51 was some distance behind and the object was traveling fast enough to increase the spacing between itself and the fighter. This took place at approximately 9:10 P.M. on October 1, 1948. The object appeared to be only a round light, perfectly formed, with no fuzzy edges or rays leaving its body. The edges were clear out. No other shape was observed. The main identifying characteristic was the high rate of speed at which it was apparently traveling. Linyd S . Ennur Lloyd D. Jensen Senior Airport Traffic Controller Civil Aeronautics Administration CONFIDENTIAL EXHIBIT " H "
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