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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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Plane Number Left side cockpit 2-1/2 ft Left side cockpit interior Top of Engine Cowling Left side Engine Cowling near wing butt Lid Edge None 511435Lt Gorman's plane 2,6,9,5(4 readings)Average:3.25 16,17,16,20&24(5 readings)Average:16.4 1,7Average:4 7,7,7(3 readings)Average:7 0,1 11360N 5 7,8 4 4 0 11372N 5,6 14,15 0 2 0 11476 3,10 16,18 1 4 0 11390N - flown 7,000 ft22d October 4,4 18 15,15 3 1 11377N 8 19,16 4 4,2 0
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