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Gorman dogfight
The Gorman UFO dogfight was a widely publicized UFO incident. It occurred on October 1, 1948, in the skies over Fargo, North Dakota, and involved George F. Gorman, a pilot with the North Dakota National Guard. USAF Captain Edward J. Ruppelt wrote in his bestselling and influential ''The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects'' that the Gorman Dogfight was one of three "classic" UFO incidents in 1948 that "proved to (Force ) intelligence specialists that UFOs were real."〔Ruppelt, p. 30〕 However, in 1949 the US Air Force labeled the Gorman Dogfight as being caused by a lighted weather balloon.〔Ruppelt, p. 31〕
==Background==
Although he was only 25 years old when the incident occurred, George Gorman was a veteran fighter pilot of the Second World War.〔 After the war he became the manager of a construction company; he also served as a second lieutenant in the North Dakota National Guard.〔Clark, p. 452〕 On October 1, 1948, he was participating in a cross-country flight with other National Guard pilots; he was flying a P-51 Mustang. His flight arrived over Fargo at approximately 8:30 PM. Although the other pilots decided to land at Fargo's Hector Airport, because of the clear, cloudless conditions, Gorman decided to get in some night-flying time and stayed aloft.〔Peebles, p. 29〕 Around 9:00 PM he flew over a football stadium where a high-school football game was being held. He noticed a small Piper Cub plane flying some 500 feet below him; otherwise the skies appeared clear.〔
Shortly after he noticed the Piper Cub, Gorman saw another object to his west. When he looked for the outline of a wing or fuselage he could see none; this contrasted with the Piper Cub, whose outline was clearly visible.〔 The object appeared to be a blinking light. At 9:07 PM Gorman contacted the control tower at Fargo's Hector Airport and asked if it had any air traffic in the area other than his P-51 and the Piper Cub. The tower answered that it did not, and it contacted the Piper Cub pilot, Dr. A.D. Cannon. Cannon and his passenger answered that they could also see a lighted object to the west.〔
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