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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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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 8 Apr 48 Incident # 112 2. Time 1400-1430 3. Location Ashley, Ohio 4. Name of observer Miss Winifred Paines - Mrs. Bertha Slack 5. Occupation of observer Miss Paines: Asst Bank Cashier; Mrs. Slack: 6. Address of observer 227 W High St., Ashley, O. 7. Place of observation Ashley, Ohio (ground) 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer "Quite a distance" 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude Could not estimate Speed slow-moving 13. Diroction of flight Southwest 14. Tactics No maneuvers 15. Sound N/S 16. Size undetermined Color silver 18. Shape Oblong, long and narrow - like silver streak 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S Exhaust trails None 22. Weather conditions Clear, no clouds near object Effect on clouds N/S - no clouds near object 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 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.