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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.
“The Star”19 pages
- p. 18 …If the Air Force has explained these sightings as the belt stars in the constellation Orion…
- p. 35 …the Technical Intelligence Agency said that they believed the pilots may have sighted stars, especially the…
- p. 38 …THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS, HE THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BELT OF ORION, A GROUP OF STARS IN…
- p. 41 …the Air Force Intelligence Agency Wright-Patterson Air Force said the lights might have stars glimpsed…
- p. 43 In 1958 the Unidentified Flying Objects Research Committee (UFORC) was formed. Its birth stemmed from the…
- p. 44 …They were described as being bluish- white and definitely larger than any star. The objects then…
- p. 46 …the left side, you'll get a look at our little surprise. They aren't stars…
- p. 50 …lights moving along with the plane.
"They aren't stars." continued the captain. "and no airplanes…
- p. 51 …According to these witnesses, the lights were the approximate size of the North Star, moving from…
- p. 52 It should also be noted that Air Technical Intelligence Center experts formulated the opinion that stars…
- p. 53 …There is the possibility the "stars through broken clouds" explanation simply did not jell and in…
- p. 55 …shooting stars and other heavenly phenomena than ever before. Add cold wasp pitters and the recipe…
- p. 56 …utilize the tremendous amounts of power required to bridge the space between the stars."
Or Dr…
- p. 57 …attitude carried to the ulti The Star-Leiger has their
Each of the pilots has sighted…
- p. 68 …I thought it was the Belt of Orion (a group of stars in a constellation) but…
- p. 73 …Glimpsed through broken clouds, said the AF report; Orion's stars created an illusion of fast…
- p. 75 …The only other explanations suggested were the stars in the belt of Orion and the aerial…
- p. 79 …it was possible that the pilots might have sighted the stars of Orion, as Captain Killian…
- p. 81 …at the constellation Orion, for the lights had the same configuration as the stars in Orion…
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
24 Feb 59 Pennsylvania & Ohio □ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft Refueling Opr
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Other
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local □ Ground-Visual □ Ground-Radar
GMT 25/0045Z □ Air-Visual □ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE
□ Yes
□ No Civil Airlines □ Other
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Capt American Airlines pilot, Two United Airlines Pilots, Control tower operators at Pittsburg airport, and ground observers near Akron, Ohio. Capt on UAL flight near Youngstown, Ohio also witness the refueling. 11. COMMENTS
Verified as refueling operation.
3 B-47's being refueled by EC-97.
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