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Project Blue Book case file, Chiles-Whitted (PDF)
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This Project Blue Book case file, released through The Black Vault, collects records on the 24 July 1948 sighting by two Eastern Airlines pilots of a wingless object about 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama. It contains teletype replies from military bases reporting no aircraft movements, a 1948 Project Sign special investigation report with an interview of a Robins Air Force Base witness, and a December 1948 intelligence report. It also includes newspaper extracts, a Harvard College Observatory letter and Hynek's Project Grudge evaluation index.
“Whitted”21 pages
- p. 21 …Chiles sailed he reached over, gave Whitted, the other pilot, a quick tap on the arm…
- p. 49 …Ala. "Air" 5-10 Sec
WHITTED - 2nd Pilot DC-3 24 July 48 0245 Same As…
- p. 51 …He saw no occupants nor did Whitted. Visible from the side only, was an intense, fairly…
- p. 53 …And now the pilots. and Joan B. Whitted. or Atlanta:
Well. they took off today, med…
- p. 54 …Chiles, Atlanta, and Co-Pilot John Whitted, Hapeville, Ga., claimed they saw the huge ship, a…
- p. 55 …S. Childs and Co-pilot J. B. Whitted—were flying the Houston-to-Atlanta-to-Boston…
- p. 56 …Chiles and Whitted said 20 passengers were aboard their plane but all were asleep except C…
- p. 57 …S. CHILES AND FIRST OFFICER JOHN B. WHITTED WERE FLYING NEAR MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, WHEN A BRILLIANT…
- p. 59 …OF THE DIMENSIONS REPORTED BY CHILES AND WHITTED COULD SUPPORT A LOAD COMPARABLE TO THE WEIGHT…
- p. 60 …A luminous glow like a giant fluorescent light can along the belly of the thing."
Whitted…
- p. 61 …Whitted are puzzled themselves at what they saw 5,000 feet over Alabama.
"If you look…
- p. 62 …Pilots Chiles and Whitted told their thrilling story upon arriving at municipal airport here Saturday on…
- p. 63 …Chiles, and his co-pilot, John B. Whitted, said they saw the wingless "Buck Rogers" craft…
- p. 64 …S. Chiles and Co-Pilot J. B. Whitted, said they were flying the Houston-Atlanta-Boston…
- p. 65 …When Chiles and Whitted observed their UFO, its appearance and manner of motion were identical with…
- p. 66 …Instead of accepting the Chiles-Whitted UFO as a meteor, they identified the other two meteors…
- p. 67 …Chiles thought it passed them with a margin of only about 700 feet, but Whitted believed…
- p. 68 ## The Chiles-Whitted Sighting
The Chiles-Whitted UFO, sighted on July 24, 1948; is one of…
- p. 69 …Although the craft sighted by Whitted and Chiles was reported to be with out wings or…
- p. 75 …Chiles and Whitted both agreed that it was about 100 feet in length, twice the diameter…
- p. 96 …He saw no occupants nor did Whitted. Visible from the side only, was an intense, fairly…
ATTN: 110.
21. NO. ___
12:30
Incident /144
DATE: 02 H PDT
THE OF 1891.27 0245
11. 10 Cirar
100' Long - Diam. twice "B-29"
S. (toward Noble)
NO. 1 IN GROUP 1
DAY. 1970 24 July 1948
:00:00
PHYLOGY 2
LOCATION 20 Ml. S of Montgomery, Ala.
SOURCE Airline Pilots
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