Documents / Official release
This U.S. Department of War file collects Project Sign era checklists and incident summary sheets for incidents 101 to 172. The largest item is the 18 February 1948 explosion over Norcatur, Kansas. For it the file gathers witness statements, speculative letters from Norman G. Markham, and Dr. Lincoln LaPaz's view that it was a genuine meteorite fall with curious aspects. Other entries cover B-29 crews, a two-decked wingless object over the Netherlands, a Turkish rocket report, a Moscow sighting, and George Gorman's 1 October 1948 Fargo encounter.
From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. NARA Record Group 38, catalogue id 143685. Each of these incident summaries includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 140a 1. Date 1 July 1948 2. Time Between 2100 and 2200 hours 3. Location Gahanna, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mr Jack Taylor 5. Occupation of observer N/S but now active in National Guard 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation Gahanna, Ohio ( ground ) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 2 seconds 11. Altitude 3000 to 4000 ft Speed terrific 13. Direction of flight Northeast to Southwest Tactics Pursued flat line of flight 15. Sound None 16. Sizo N/S 17. Color bright yellow-white 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction luminous 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions Clear - bright moonlight Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: Mr. Chester Taylor gave the same version as that of his son. Mrs. Taylor apparently did not observe the phenomenon.
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 178 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.