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 # 1. Date 4 July 48 2. Time 11:15 P. M. 3. Location Dravasburg, Pa. 4. Name of observer John Jannicky, Jr. 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Box 227, Drasasburg, Pa. 7. Place of observation Drasasburg, Pa. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 0. Time in sight 20 seconds + 11. Altitude N/S Speod Hovering - then moving on at undetermined speed Direction of flight N/S Tactics moved across sky, stopping three times and resuming movement Sound No noise Size of a star Color same as a star Shape looked like a star Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S Weather conditions N/S Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs Vague sketch 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: (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.