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box Incident Summaries 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 178 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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

Incident # 107

1. Date 8 March 1948

2. Time N/S

3. Location Bakersfield, California

4. Name of observer Mr. Denio

6. Address of observer N/S

5. Occupation of observer Pacific General Electric Company employee

7. Place of observation Sighted from ground

8. Number of objects Two

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Timo in sight N/S

11. Altitude N/S

12. Speed N/S

13. Direction of flight Earthward

14. Tactics N/S

15. Sound N/S

16. Size N/S

17. Color One object seemingly afire, red and black smoke trailing

18. Shapo N/S

19. Odor detected N/S

20. Apparent construction N/S

21. Exhaust trails N/S

22. Weather conditions N/S

23. Effect on clouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance NYS Fell to earth

26. Remarks: See supplement to Incident #106.

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