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Project Sign file, combined PDF

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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.

  • p. 36 …NATIONAL CIVIL FIGHTER PILOT TODAY HOLDS A MOVEMENT OF A MINIMUM COMMUNITY WITH A MISSION OF…

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GEIGER READINGS ON F-51 AIRCRAFT

Propeller near Butt	Carb Scoop	Coolant Scoop	Leading Edge Right Wing	Right side by Cockpit	Tail Emp Group	Top Left Wing	Left side cockpit 5 ft	Total Activity per 10 sec period
1,2Average:1.5	0	1,4Average:2.5	2	4	0	7	1,2&5Average:2.6	57.57
0,3	0	2	2	6,2	1	1,2	5	37.5
0	1	5	2	5	1	0,3	2,4	40.5
0	0	3	1,4	4	2	2	5,3	47.0
1	0	0	3	3,3	1,2,1	2	1,1	52.3
0	0	0	3	3	1	3	5	47.5

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