box Incident Summaries 101-172

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.

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date Approx 1 Mar 48

Incident # 150

2. Time - 0930 hours

3. Location Swedish Coast

4. Name of observer N/S - a Norwegian pilot

5. Occupation of observer ONL pilot

Address of observer N/S Material taken from MA R-130-48 NAD 20560

7. Place of observation Air-enroute from Aalberg, Denmark to Oslo, Norway

Number of objects

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Timo in sight 4 seconds

11. Altitude 20,000 ft

12. Speed N/S

13. Direction of flight Southeast - passing along Swedish Coast and disappearing over Norway

14. Tactics N/S - flight path followed earth's surface

Sound N/S

Size N/S

Shapo N/S

Odor dotected N/S

Apparent construction N/S

Exhaust trails None

Weather conditions N/S

Effoct on clouds N/S

Skotches or photographs None

Manner of disappearance Over Norway

Romarks: (over)