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This combined Project Sign file, drawn from USAF records, documents the 1 October 1948 encounter over Fargo, North Dakota, in which Air National Guard pilot 2nd Lt. George F. Gorman chased a small round white light in his F-51 for 27 minutes. The file holds checklists, interrogation reports by Major Paul Kubala of the ATI Field Office at Wright-Patterson, tower witness statements, Geiger readings on the aircraft and press clippings. It concludes that Gorman's statements should be accepted as truth until proven wrong.
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## CONFIDENTIAL power and trying to catch it in a diving turn. The object turned around and made another head-on pass. This time when pulling up, I pulled up also and observed it traveling straight up until I lost it. I then returned to the field and landed. . Did the object at anytime change it's appearance? . Yes. C. In what way? 5. When the object was traveling slow, the light varied in intensity and blinking on and off. Q. Did the light ever remain steady? A. Tns. 5. At what time? 1. When the object increased it's speed, the light increased in intensity and became steady. . That did you estimate its fastest speed to be? 1. Ionosphere above 600 miles per year. C. Did the object appear to be opaque? 1. 20. it any time did the light change color? 1. 20. Q. Did the light also appear the same even in turns? ...Yes. 2. Did the light at any time have an elliptical shape? A. No. 2. Did you have the impression that the object was controlled? A. Definitely, there was thought behind the maneuvers. CONFIDENTIAL EXHIBIT "E"
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