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.
“Los Angeles Times”1 page
## CONFIDENTIAL CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 29 July 1948 Incident # 151 2. Time 0955 3. Location Northeastern part of Indianapolis, Indiana (See attached sketch of location) 4. Name of observers Mr. James W. Toney & Mr. Robert Huggins Occupation of observors Both employees of W. O. Jones Bug Address of observer Toney: 235 So Bradley, Indianapolis Place of observation (See attached drawing of location) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S - not over a few hundred feet Timo in sight N/S Altitude 30 feet - just above tree-tops Speed 25 to 30 MPH 13. Direction of flight Headed south in bank to left Tactics gliding with no apparent spinning action Sound no discernible sound Size 6 to 8 feet long by 1-1/2 to 2 feet wide (See attach drwg.) Color Aluminum and shiny in color Shape Shaped like a broad short propeller (See attached drwg.) Odor detected N/S Apparent construction Aluminum construction Exhaust trails None Woathor conditions CAVU - no clouds Effect on clouds No clouds Sketches or photographs 2 Manner of disappearance Went down in wooded area (seemingly) Remarks: (over)
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 178 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.