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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…
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 30 June 1948

2. Time 2140

3. Location S. Knoxville, Tenn

4. Name of observer Mr Tryus W. Setliff

5. Occupation of observer N/S

6. Address of observer Oakridge, Tennessee

7. Place of observation Knoxville, Tenn

8. Number of objects 1

9. Distance of object from observer N/S

10. Time in sight 3 seconds

11. Altitude 30,000 ft

12. Speed 1,000 MPH

13. Direction of flight Westerly

14. Tactics N/S

15. Sound N/S

16. Size N/S

17. Color Orange Color

18. Shape Ball

19. Odor detected N/S

20. Apparent construction Fire

21. Exhaust trails Bluish Color

22. Weather conditions N/S

23. Effect on clouds N/S

24. Sketches or photographs None

25. Manner of disappearance Over horizon to West

26. Remarks

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