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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.
“Bakersfield”7 pages
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 5 March 1948 Incidont # 106 2. Time 1610-1655 3. Location Bakersfield, California 4. Name of observer George L. Buchner 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Bakersfield, California 7. Place of observation From ground,southwest toward Buena Vista Lake,Calif. 8. Number of objects Two 9. Distance of object from observer 10-12 miles 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Speed N/S 13. Diroction of flight Earthward 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color Seemingly on fire, black and red smoke trailing behind 18. Shapo Similar to falling aircraft 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails Brownish-white smoke and debris trailing 22. Weather conditions N/S Effoct on clouds N/S Skotches or photographs None Manner of disappearance Behind a water tower, which was an obstruction to the view 26. Romarks: Comments of G. L. Buckner and other witnesses to this sighting contained in attached supplement.
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 178 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.