Documents / Official release
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 28 Mar 48 2. Time 1630 hours Incident # 118 3. Location Berlin Lichtenrade, Kirchbachstrasse 2 4. Name of observer Dr Ormans, 5. Occupation of observer Former guided missile expert at Exeinmetall Borsi 6. Address of observer Berlin Lichtenrade, Kirchbachstrasse 2 7. Place of observation As above 8. Number of objects I 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude 14 kilometers 12. Speed rather fast 13. Direction of flight South to North 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound No sound reported 16. Size "white point" 17. Color White 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails No exhaust trail reported 22. Weather conditions clear Effect on clouds N/S Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance N/S 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.