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box Incident Summaries 101-172

U.S. Department of War · 178 pages · text by 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.

  • p. 72 …Location Holloman Air Force Base 4. Name of observer Mr. Olsen 5. Occupation of observer Trained…
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date N/S - around 7 Feb 4g

Incident # 120

2. Time N/S

3. Location Vejle, Denmark

4. Name of observer N/S

5. Occupation of observer field laborers

6. Address of observer N/S

7. Place of observation Gadbjerg (near Vejle)

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer 200 meters altitude

10. Time in sight 3 seconds

11. Altitude 200 meters altitude

Speed high speed

13. Diroction of flight E to NW

14. Tactics N/S

15. Sound N/S

16. Size N/S

17. Color shining

18. Shape N/S

Odor detected N/S

20. Apparent construction N/S

Exhaust trails N/S

Weather conditions N/S

Effoct on clouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance N/S

26. Romarks: (Over)

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