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box Incident Summaries 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 178 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 26 …to the east and disappeared into the hills east of Bakersfield. On 13th March 1948, two…
  • p. 29 …Manner of disappearance Drifted to the east into the hills east of 26. Romarks: See supplement…
  • p. 88 …Highway #12 just West of Plevna, Montana before getting to the hills I noticed a very…
  • p. 89 …growing larger as it approached over the hills north of the highway - until it seemed to…
  • p. 100 …Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 4. Observer's Position On ground at Chapel, N.C. (i.e…
  • p. 101 …Date 7 Jul 48 Time 2114 and 2115 Incidont # 137a Location Chapel Hill, N. C. Name…
  • p. 132 …was believed to have fallen is densely wooded with many hills and valleys. See diagram attached.
  • p. 165 …Jeanne Hill Mrs. Myrtle Renfroe Mrs. John Gall
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 210 Aug 48

Incident # 154a

2. Time 7:50 P.M.

3. Location Columbus, Ohio

4. Name of observer Jaymes Saunders, A. B., M. A.

5. Occupation of observer Housewife

6. Address of observer 1337 Clifton Ave, Columbus, Ohio

7. Place of observation Columbus, Ohio

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Time in sight 15 minutes

Altitude 1/2 mile high

Speed slow and regular speed

Direction of flight from North to South to Southwest N/S Tactics/ Oblong to circular to oblong change in shape

Sound None

Size of small plane

Color N/S Shapo Changing but circular for the most part

Odor detected. N/S

20. Apparent construction N/S

Exhaust trails tail of smoke

22. Weather conditions Unusually favorable for observation. Light sufficient without interference from sun's rays.

23. Effect on clouds Cloudless

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance N/S

26. Remarks: (over)

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