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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. 91 …Name of observer Lt Col Wm T. Hull 5. Occupation of observer Pilot, Supervisor of Flying…
INCIDENT 132

MA R-365-47

NAD 12199

T-7477

KK 4210

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 12 Dec 1947

2. Time 2205 & 2208

3. Location Oslo, Norway

4. Name of observer Daughter to MA Kai E. Rasmussen, Col GSC

5. Occupation of observer N/S

6. Address of observer Same as MA, Oslo, Norway

7. Place of observation Oslo, Norway (Ground)

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Time in sight Between two and three seconds

N/S (Apparently traveling fairly close to ground or would be visible to more people) Not quite as fast as a meteor

12. Speed

13. Direction of flight SSE-SSW to NNW- (?)

14. Tactics Performed arc of circle, curvature-very great

15. Sound None

16. Size N/S

17. Color Luminous white with greenish-yellow tail

18. Shape N/S

19. Odor detected None

20. Apparent construction Meteor-like

21. Exhaust trails Greenish-yellow trail

22. Weather conditions No fog, sky clear and star-lit

23. Effect on clouds none

24. Sketches or photographs none

25. Manner of disappearance Trees obscured vision

26. Remarks: Office employee reports unusual no. of falling stars night of 13 Dec. Univ Observatory has no record of incident.

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