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 30 July 1948 Incident # 2. Time 2015 hours 3. Location Worthington, Ohio 4. Name of observer John A. Felton 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 5800 High St, Worthington, Ohio 7. Place of observation Worthington, Ohio 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight 15 minutes 11. Altitude Approx 3000 ft 12. Speed very slow 13. Direction of flight SW 14. Tactics None 15. Sound None 16. Size N/S 17. Color silver 18. Shape cylindrical 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions Clear with high scattered clouds, visibility good 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. 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.