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October 1, 1948, Fargo, North Dakota
George F. Gorman, Air National Guard Pilot in F-51 aircraft at
2100 hours, observed a clear white light approximately 6 to 8 inches in
diameter at 1000 to 1400 feet altitude. The light made several left
turns, one right turn, diving and climbing, over a period of 27
minutes. The light was faster than the F- 51.Gorman stated that
positively that there was "thought" behind the
maneuvers.
Other witnesses:
L. D. Jensen, Airport Traffic controller at at Fargo Airport
Manuel E. Johnson, Assistant Airport Traffic controller at Fargo
Airport.
Dr. Cannon, Occulist, first saw object when he was landing his plane at
Fargo Airport.
The
following pdf file contains all of the resized Project Blue Book
documents below and is now housed on the NICAP site for security
reasons.
The original over-sized docs from the Blue Book site are listed
below:
Frames 685-701
Lt. Gorman Case / Case Folder
Gorman, Balloon
Tab D
Incident # 172 a, b, c --Fargo, North Dakota
Letter from AMC, Subject Project Sign
Plotting of Jupiter
Letter to Dr. Donald H. Menzel/ UFO Sighting
CHECK LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
One object was observed over a period of 27 minutes
PROJECT "SIGN" Action Slip
Diagram of flight
Diagram of flight
CHECK LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS / Incident # 172A
Description of the action
CHECK LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS / Incident # 172b
CHECK LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS / Incident # 172c
Noticed no sound from the object at any time
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