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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 # ATI FIELD OFFICE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIAL OO6LAND Wright-Patterson Air Force Bree Dayton, Ohio 4 October 1948 ## INTENDEGATION REPORT NO. 2 INTROLOGATION OFFICER: Major Paul Zubala Personal History of Person Interrogated: XOB: Gorman, George F. AGE: Twenty-five years. AIRRESS: Building 18, Federal Housing Project, Forgo, H.D. OCCUPATION: Manager of construction work. MARITAL STATUS: Married, one child. EDUCATION: Two and one-half years college - mechanical engineering and physics. Military History of Person Interrupted: RANK: 2nd Lieutenant. SENIAL NUMBER: A0943873. CITY: North Dakota Air National Guard. NUMBER YEARS' SERVICE: Two years with the National Guard. WAR ASSIGNMENT: Pilot instructor for French military students. Evaluation of person Interrupted: 2nd Lt. Gorman did not make the impression of being a dreamer. He reads little, and only serious literature. He smends 90% of his free time hunting and fishing; drinks less than moderately; smokes normally; and does not use drugs. He appears to be a sincere and serious individual who was considerably puzzled by his experience and made no attempt to blow his story up. ## Summary of Interrogations Lt. Gorman had been with his squadron on a cross-country flight. When the squadron returned at approximately 2030 hours, Lt. Gorman decided to remain in the air inasmuch as he wanted to do some night flying. He flew west as far as Valley City and returned to Fargo to watch the foot ball game from the air, his altitude being approximately 1500 feet at this time. Circling the foot ball field, he saw about 500 feet beneath him a Piper Cub. At approximately 2100 hours he decided to return to the field. He called the tower to find out if all was clear, and was told that one other ship was in the air, the aforementioned Piper Cub, which was flown by Dr. Cannon of Fargo, North Dakota.
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