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
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 156 1. Date 31 July 48 Time 8:00 P.M. Location Columbus, Ohio - Tremont Rd near WOSU radio tower located near University Golf Course Name of observer Mrs. Martin Price & Mrs. Mary Rippetoe Occupation of observer Mrs. Price: housewife Mrs. Mary Rippetos: mother of Mrs. Price Address of observer 2186 Lamont Ave., Columbus, Ohio Placo of observation Tremont Rd near WOSU Radio Tower Number of objects 1 Distance of object from observer 250 feet Time in sight N/S Altitude 250 feet Speed very slow Direction of flight West to East Tactics Did not change course or altitude Sound No noise Size of gasoline drum - Approx 5' x 6' Color Black Shape Oblong Odor detected N,S Apparent construction N/S Exhaust trails Spouted black smoke from the top Weather conditions Clear with no clouds Effect on clouds No clouds Sketches or photographs None Manner of disappearance N/S Romarks: (above)
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.