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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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INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET (To be filled out and retained in files) 1. Date of Observation On or about 5 May 1948 Incident # 170 2. Time of Observation ... 3. Where was Object(s) Sighted Adapazari, Turkey ... 4. Observer's Position Ground: in village near Adapazari, Turkey (i.e. ground, air, control tower, etc.) 5. Name and Address of Observer News item extracted from "Yeni Sabah" Istanbul, 5 May 1948. 6. Occupation and/or Hobbies ... 7. Attention Attracted to Object(s) By ... 8. Number of Object(s) Sighted 1. 9. Size of Object(s) ... 10. Color of Object(s) Shining ... 11. Shape (Sketch if Possible) ... 12. Nature of Luminosity ... 13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observer ... 14. Speed of Object(s) ... 15. Time in Sight ... 16. Tactics ... 17. Sound Made by Object(s) ... 18. Direction of Flight of Object(s) ... 19. Apparent Construction (Of What Material or Substance) ... 20. Effect of Objects on Clouds and/or Exhaust Trail ... 21. Weather Conditions Existing at the Time ... 22. Peculiarities Noted Exploded in the air ... 23. Summary of Incident Item from Turkish newspaper "Yeni Sabah" Istanbul, 5 May 1948; Quote- There have been reports lately to the effect that shining objects like meteors have been sighted in various parts of the country. Cont'd (Attach a Separate Sheet if Additional Space is Needed)
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.