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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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## RESTRICTED CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 8 Mar 48 Incident # 105 2. Time 1100 3. Location Belmont, N. C. 4. Name of observer Mr. A. C. Morrieon 5. Occupation of observer Supt. Meter Dept, Duke Power Co., Charlotte, N. C, 6. Address of observer Charlotte, N. C. (Duke Power Co.) 7. Place of observation Belmont, N. C. (Sighted from ground) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight about 10 seconds 11. Altitude N/S - could not be estimated 12. Speed Around 600 MPH 13. Direction of flight Easterly Tactics None moved in straight line at constant speed without change in altitude or direction Sound None Size From a distance - that of a small coin Color bright or silver - looked metallic Shape round or sphere (unable to determine which) Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction Metallic Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear with scattered white clouds Effect on clouds N/S Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance behind small white cloud 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.