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
1. Date 16 February 5 August 48
Incident # 153
2. Time 0100 hours
3. Location Between Parrott, Ga. and Richland, Ga.
Name of observer James Amaral, Former AF Pilot
5. Occupation of observer N/S - but formerly AF pilot
6. Address of observer N/S (Info forwarded f/Turner AF Base)
7. Place of observation Between Parrott, Ga. & Richland, Ga.
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Timo in sight 5 to 10 seconds
11. Altitude 20,000 to 35,000 ft
12. Speed 3600 MPH (estimated)
13. Direction of flight $ 2 5 0^{\circ} $
14. Tactics N/S
15. Sound None
Size N/S
17. Color blue-white streak of light
18. Shape "stseak"
19. Odor detected N/S
Apparent construction "rocket-like"
Exhaust trails A trail of sparks several miles long followed it
Weather conditions CAVU
Effoot on clouds N/S
Sketches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Remarks: (over) 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.