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This combined file holds US Air Force Air Materiel Command intelligence records for Project SIGN on the 1 October 1948 Fargo, North Dakota incident. A cover memo to the Chief of Staff reports that investigators questioned witnesses on 3 October and found that an F-51 pilot had chased a small round white light for 27 minutes, and that the light outmaneuvered his aircraft. Major Paul Kubala's interrogation reports cover pilot Lt. George F. Gorman and tower controllers L.D. Jensen and Manuel E. Johnson. The memo rules out balloons, other aircraft and Canadian jets and rates the report A-2.
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# ATI FIELD OFFICE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIAL ODGUND Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ## INTERRUGATION REPORT NO. 2 INTERAGATION OFFICER: Major Paul Kubala Personal History of Person Interrupted: NAME: Gorman, George F. AGE: Twenty-five years. ADDRESS: Building 18, Federal Housing Project, Fargo, N.D. COUPATION: Manager of construction work. MARITAL STATUS: Married, one child. EDUCATION: Two and one-half years college - mechanical engineering and physics. Military History of Person Interrogated HANKS - Ced Llautenant. USITV North Dakota Air National Guard. Evaluation of Person Interrogated 2nd Lt. Gorman did not make the impression of being a dreamer. He reads little, and only serious literature. He spends 90% of his free time hunting and fishing; drinks less than moderately; smokes normally; and does not use drugs. He appears to be a sincere and serious individual who was considerably paralled by his experience and made no attempt to blow his story up. ## Summary of Interventions Lt. Gorman had been with his squadron on a cross-country flight. When the squadron returned at approximately 100 hours, Lt. Gorman decided to remain in the air in manoh as he wanted to do some night flying. He flew west as far as Valley City and returned to Fargo to watch the foot ball game from the air, his altitude being approximately 1500 feet at this time. Circling the foot ball field, he saw about 500 feet beneath him a Piper Cub. At approximately 2100 hours he decided to return to the field. He called the tower to find out if all was clear, and was told that one other ship was in the air, the aforementioned Piper Cub, which was flown by Dr. Gorman of Fargo, North Dakota. YWNGRADED AT 2 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. UNCLASSIFIED
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