UFO sighting by George F. Gorman on October 1, 1948.

Gorman dogfight was a widely publicized UFO incident which occured on October 1, 1948 near Fargo, North Dakota. George F. Gorman was a veteran fighter pilot of WWII. After the war he served as a second lieutenant in the North Dakota National Guard. During the time of the incident Gorman was participating in a cross-country flight with other National Guard pilots. Gorman pursued the object that he had spotted in the sky to determine what it was. In 1949, the United States Air Force concluded that the object that caused the Gorman dogfight was a lighted weather balloon

Resource Identifier
1948_Gorman_ah12722
Citation
Richard F. Haines papers, Collection No. 12722, Box 1, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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