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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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# ATI FIELD OFFICE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIEL COMMAND Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio 4 October 1948 INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3 INTROGATION OFFICER: Kajor Paul Kubela. Personal History of Person Interrogated: NAME: L.D. Jensen. AGE: Twenty-eight years. ADDRESS: 1423 Sixth Avenue, South, Fargo, N.D. OCCUPATION: Airport traffic controller (CAA). MARITAL STATUS: Married, one child. EDUCATION: Two years' college. Military History of Person Interrogated: Xone - Civilian. Evaluation of Person Interrogated: Mr. Jensen is exactly what his name implies - typical quiet, steady, Scandinavian 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 Interrogation: Mr. Jensen was on duty since 1000 hours October 1, 1948, 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 F-51, there was no other airplane from Fargo Air Field in the air. At 2050 hours he was advised from a privately owned field south of Fargo that Piper Cub No. 70/, piloted by Dr. Cannon, had taken off and had asked for permission to land at Fargo 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 Cub. 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 Cub; however, it could not be the Cub in view of its speed. He was advised that no other aircraft was in the air from Fargo Air Field and none other was signalled from other air fields. EXHIBIT "B"
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