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Project Blue Book documents on the Killian case, compiled by Dan Wilson
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This NICAP compilation by Dan Wilson gathers Project Blue Book records on the sighting of 24 February 1959, when American Airlines Flight 139, flying from Newark to Detroit, and two United Airlines crews saw three lights over Pennsylvania and Ohio. It includes the record card, pilot statements, Air Force letters and correspondence with an Akron UFO committee. The Air Force concluded that the lights came from three B-47s refueling from KC-97 tankers. Book excerpts disputing Captain Killian's later claims are also included.
“Killian”30 pages
- p. 39 …Peter Killian of Syosset, N.Y., who has flown passenger planes for 15 years, said, "I…
- p. 40 …Peter Killian of Syos I. who has flown paspianes for 15 years. said never seen anything…
- p. 45 …Captain Killian is a native of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He is married, has three children and is…
- p. 47 …The procedure Captain Killian is referring to is known as CIRVIS - Communication Instruction for Reporting Vital…
- p. 48 …HERE
HOSTESS EDNA LaGATE (LEFT). 22: CAPT. KILLIAN AND HOSTESS BEVERLY PINGREE. 26. AFTER LAST NIGHT…
- p. 50 American Airlines arranged for the press to interview Captain Killian in New York. Also, in their…
- p. 51 …Neither did they see the airplane piloted by Captain Killian. According to estimates through triangulation, Killian…
- p. 52 …In a call to the Killian home, Mrs. Killian said Captain Killian has studied astronomy, and…
- p. 53 …In a statement to the Long Island Daily Press on March 24 Captain Killian said, "I…
- p. 54 …numerous explanations they did not interview Captain Killian in order to receive the details first hand…
- p. 55 …Capit Peter Killian the pilot who reported the appearance of the strange lights during his flight…
- p. 58 ## THE INEVITABLE SILENCING
As of this writing, Captain Killian is no longer discussing his sighting of…
- p. 60 …Killian was then asked if Captain Killian would be willing to go before the Space Committee…
- p. 63 …Paragraphs three and four would definitely lead one to believe that Captain Killian was not familiar…
- p. 66 …the light as was stated by Captain Killian.) Air Traffic Controllers, and others apparently had it…
- p. 68 …Peter Killian of Syosset, N.Y., an airline veteran of 15 years, and co-pilot John…
- p. 69 …One man became alarmed but Killian told him that UFO's had not been known to…
- p. 70 SAUCERS TRAIL AIRLINER
At one time Killian thought he was witnessing a high altitude jet refueling…
- p. 71 …The alleged jets did not show up on Captain Killian's radar screen although he tried…
- p. 72 …Puscas, a month after he had enthusiastically endorsed the descriptions of Captain Killian, was relieved to…
- p. 73 …The airplane was flying a constant course and these movements were easily observed."
Killian called his…
- p. 74 # ON KILLIAN "SAUCER"?
# By Fred A. Kirsch
The Killian affair concerns theighting of three unidentified flying…
- p. 75 …Capt Killian also thought that he might have witnessed a high altitude jet refueling operation, but…
- p. 77 …inquiring about the radar equipment aboard Capt. Killian's aircraft. I received the following letter:
## November…
- p. 78 ## SADCERS TRAIL AIRDRIVER
show on Captain Killian's radar stream might be explained by an advanced…
- p. 79 …In New York the day after the sighting Captain Killian gave a telephone interview to Radio…
- p. 80 …If Captain Killian actually saw interplanetary craft, how did he fail to see the earthly aircraft…
- p. 81 ## The Killian Case
The most famous UFO sighting of this type is the Killian case. On…
- p. 82 …The basic piece of evidence was Captain Killian's own report to American Airlines. made a…
- p. 83 Chapter II — The Killian Case. The fully detailed inside story of the AF silencing of Capt…
Chapter II — The Killian Case. The fully detailed inside story of the AF silencing of Capt. Peter Killian, American Airlines, in March 1959. This followed the Feb. 24 sighting of a three-UFO formation by Killian, his co-pilot, and crew of five other airliners, while Killian was piloting a DC-6 from Newark to Detroit. After Capt. Killian gave the story to the press, by American Airlines orders, the AF attempted to follow the report with due differentiation, and silencing Killian. When this failed, Capt. Killian was puzzled.
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