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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.
“object followed”12 pages
- p. 8 …Report of Unidentified Flying Object
TO : Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base…
- p. 13 …The following is a transcript of this interrogation:
"Q.1. What is your full name, age…
- p. 36 …concerning the sighting of an unidentified aerial object in the vicinity of Montgomery, Alabama, occurring 24…
- p. 46 …Blue Glow Above Lower Frame Tail Cone Flame Longer than Object None Level Flight Like Normal…
- p. 66 …the area at the time, so the object could not have been a normal aircraft. Furthermore…
- p. 69 …Objects similar in configuration have been reported as follows:
a. Rocket-like objects capable of immense…
- p. 73 …The description is essentially as follows:
The object appeared to be a wingless aircraft. 100 ft…
- p. 91 …Objects similar in configuration have been reported as follows:
a. Incloat-11ka objects capable of intense…
- p. 94 …concerning the sighting of an unidentified aerial object in the vicinity of Montgomery, Ala, occurring 24…
- p. 105 …The object of this trip was to interview a passenger aboard the Eastern Airlines DC-3…
- p. 108 …Number of objects
one (1)
Celestial phenomena
None.
Distance of object from observer
Observer had forward…
- p. 141 …NIGHTTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; CHARACTER: SPECIAL IFQUERY UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT; FILE NO: 24-135; DATE: 2…
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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