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Project Blue Book case file, Chiles-Whitted (PDF)
The Black Vault · 162 pages · text by OCR
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.
“no wings”12 pages
- p. 17 …I heard no sound and everything was quiet. No engines were warning up at that time…
- p. 55 …The ship had no wings. It seemed to have an upper deck, and a lower deck…
- p. 56 …There were no wings whatever.
"The plane passed us on our right, then. as if the…
- p. 61 …resembled a B-29 fuselage with the wings off, Chiles said, and flames were shooting out…
- p. 62 …The ship had no wings. It seemed to have an upper deck and a lower deck…
- p. 64 …The ship had no wings. It seemed to have an upper deck and a lower deck…
- p. 69 …mean aerodynamic chord), and if the wing design incorporated slots and flaps, the wing could support…
- p. 74 …Lie dr wing and de-scripti n nkrr also indicated smaller windows on openings on the…
- p. 81 …I would could see no wings supporting the object.
The object was cigar shaped and seemed…
- p. 82 …It was clear there were no wings present, that it was powered by some jet or…
- p. 90 …mean aerodynamic chord), and if the wing design incorporated slots and flaps, the wing could support…
- p. 119 …Support No wings
Propulsion Appeared to be result of jet power.
Control Excellent - well coordinated gentle…
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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