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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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THIS PAGE IS UNCLASSIFIED AFT FIELD OFFICE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIAL COMMAND Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio JK/m²h 4 October 1948 INTEMIDATION REPORT NO. 1 INTERVOGATION OFFICER Major Paul Kubela. Personal History of Person Interrogated: AGE: L.D. Jensen. AGE: Twenty-eight years. ADDRESS: 1403 Sixth Avenue, South, Fargo, N.D. COOPERATION: Airport traffic controller (CAA). MARITAL STATUS: Married, one child. REGULATION: Two years' college. Military History of Person Interrupted None = Civilian. Evaluation of Person Interrogated Mr. Jensen is exactly what his name implies - typical quiet, steady, son- dervian type of individual. He seems very reliable, deliberate and calculated in his observations. He is sober, does not smoke, use drugs, nor have any habits which could affect his normal way of thinking. ## Summary of Interrogations Mr. Jensen was on duty since 1600 hours October 1, 1946, in the traffic control tower as traffic controller. There was not much traffic during the evening hours on that day, and, with the exception of the R-51, there was no other airplane from Pargo Air Field in the air. At 7050 hours he was advised from a privately owned field south of Pargo that Piper Oub No. 707, piloted by Dr. Gorman, had taken off and had asked for permission to land at Pargo Air Field to attend the ball game. At 2100 hours Lt. Gorman called the tower, asking if any other aircraft were in the air and he was given the position of the Piper Oub. Approximately 5 minutes after that Lt. Gorman called again and stated that there was another aircraft in the air at approximately the same altitude as the Oub; however, it could not be the Oub in view of its speed. He was advised that no other aircraft was in the air from Pargo Air Field and none other was signalled from other air fields. DOWNGRADED AT 5 YEAR INTERV DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEAR. DQD DIE $200.10 ONCLASSIFIED
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