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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 April 1948 Incident # 112a 2. Time 1400-1430 3. Location Ashley, Ohio 4. Namo of observer Mrs. Lelah Stephens 5. Occupation of obsovor Newspaper reporter 6. Address of observer 226 West High Street, Ashley, Ohio 7. Place of observation From the ground 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer Not stated 10. Timo in sight Approximately five minutes 11. Altitude Quite high Spood Slow - dirfting 13. Diroction of flight Southwesterly Tactics None 15. Sound None 16. Size Smaller than the airplane that was in view at the time 17. Color Opalescent - like mother of pearl 18. Shape Long cylindrical body, like a stick of firewood Odor detected. None 20. Apparent construction N/S Exhaust trails None Woathor conditions Clear, few clouds in sky but non around object Effect on clouds N/S Sketches or photographs None Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Remarks: A plane, which sounded as if it were flying low since there was an exceptionally loud roaring noise,first attracted the attention
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.