PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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ArIc to. A nar. mmo 24 July 1948
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Dayto:, Ohio
ATTN: TSDIN
I. The following report received from the Maxwell flight Service
Center, Maxwell Air rorce Base, gomery, Alebama is guoted for your
information:
"On 24 July l948, the aircraft dispatcher on duty at Warner
This object Wes sighted by Mr. cent squasl-shaped object with a flaming exhaust had been sighted at c250E.
crew, who stated that the object appeared to be wingless and was headed , a member of the civilian alert
south at terrific speed. Mr estimated tne object to be about twenty-
five feet in lenght.
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At O3l5E Eastern Airlines Houston-to-Atlanta flight reported
course to avoid collision. sinilar object in vicinity of Lawson Af Base, and was forced to alter
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Air Force Base the night of 23 July 1948. nsnstated the
exact tims and pertinent facts regarding the phenomena.
appears to be a competent and guel observer.
On 19 August 1948, Special Investigator Cassidy contacted
Robins Air Force Base Flight Operations and the Base Weather
Station. All reports pertaining to weather conditions and
relative time substantially suppo statenents made
to Lt Golonel Cropper.
On 12 Angust CIC Det, contacted
During Ang 8. Specis] Investigetor Worris
interviewed seven (7)residents of Augusta, Ga. regarding reported
aerial phencmena. It was concluded that objects observed were not
aircraft, probably of meteraic neture.
Approyes; Action copy forvarded to
EIKENE C. GROPPER, Lt COl, USAF CO, Ho, Air Msteriel Cormend, Eright-Fatterson AF1,
Distribution of copies
2 - CG, Robins AFB 24-1-1
2 - CG, HQ ANG
2 - OSI Hq 1
1 - 6th Dist File
DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLAS SIFIED
5-45-20000 Fvin "5"

A. 2. It appeared Frilay July 1943 between 0L40
and Ol5o hours, Eastern Standard Time. I was standing fire glard
on a C-d7, direetly aeross from Operations, ani I had to take
down the take-off time which was between Ol4o and Ol50.
Q.3. What was the weather condition?
A. 3. Good viaibility and no clouds.
8. 4. Were there any lights arourd you? Outside lights eacons?
A4 I am wnether the Plood lighta on or
off. ights.
at night on two oceasions.
DOWVNGRADEH
DECLASS
UNCLASSIFIED 3

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UNCLASSIFIED

straight and level plane, When it disappeared it disappeared
rather than drop.
Q. 11. How did and
shape?
A.1l. only seen one two metaors and they appear
or more or less ? ball-shaped and this object and cylindri-
cal in shape.
Q. 15. 7iT9 that there mera windows or holes
divided into sections?
A. 15. I an not sure. It vould be hard to tell if there wera Wind aws
and a divided deck dould not be regognised Crom geand.
UNCLASSIFIED DEGLASSIFILD AFTER 12 ATARS.
DGD DIB 5200.10

A.17. No Sir. I was standing in front of No. 2 engine and I tried
to call I the copilot's attention to the object in the sky. He
had already put his headgear on before I could get his attention
and the object was gone,
Q. 13.
Q. 19. What was their reaction regarding this object?
A. 19. They thought I was drunk or seeing things.
A. 20 No Sir, reading to
this time.
material?
A 21. No Sir, only tion
nagazines.
Q. 22. Were you in the Air Force during the war?
A. 22. Yes Sir, I was an Aireraft Engine Meohanie with a rating or
Buok Sergean In the Ninth Air Force,
a. 23. Is there anvone this oojsct
that you
A 23., No Sir,
0. 24 What type nstruction, color, size, and gaterial did this
object semola?
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faster. This objeet was much larger. small and
speed,
4. 27. How did it dissppear?
A. 27. Just 13 in normal flight fading Pom normal
vialon.
or odors at that tiae?
To engines yere
warning
Laybe ngth anud
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32. backrround and Air Force
experionce ms?
2 I a anigh I 798 12
years.
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DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS:
DOD DIR 5200.10

Yas Duob groater,
nigo o0 thia ohlae any
9. 36. shooting ster?
afaillarity to
A. 36, No Mir.
20 37. when you firat
7919 his objegt?
A 390 I talked 7er system lut did non know
his nane, He mnted to kn
and asked me a Lew questions. think light Comyicn turned
It over to Mr Ca:anae Command the next corning.
DOWNGRADED NT BYEAR INTFDYS
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEAKS.
107 DOD DIR 5200.10

was shining, although the sky heavily clouded toward the west, It
forced me to stop two or three es along the highway. I was suddenly
startled to see a V-shaped formation of flying saucers heading eastward
directly toward me. They appeared to have a reddish glow and were
moving very rapidly. I had the impression that they were nearly at
wnsindaed
good times or estimates of the total duration of the sighting- I
wonder if you have any additional material that you could send us, in
view of the importance that the UFO boys attach to this sighting. In
particular, we should like to know what is the radius in miles, of the
radar screen and what was the frequency. Thg weathor records indicato
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case indicates that the UFO was merely a meteor. Appar-
ently this was a considered solution the early days. e wonder
why it was abandoned,
Thank you for the additional sightings, all of which are useful
and lend freshness to the book. Also, I think you were going to send
me one from the south, where airline pilots reported not only seeing
a saucer but certain roughness of the air which, according to your own
observation, was due to forest fire or oil well fire, or something of
the sort.
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investigation tes was instant he realized
that even a je ldnitcl
Chiles saii he r remched over. cAra ir pilot, a qulck
tap on the and Dointed. The almost on top of them.
Chiles raoked the DC-3 t a tight le1 n. Just as the UFO
flashed by about 7o0 feet to right, the D-3 hit turbulent aire
Whitted Looked baok just as 'O pulled up in a steep olimb.
could nost certainly also ba a B.gg fuselage shaped, ind
Iytshaart TACO37
sit back snd think
I will be looking formrd in haarins fron you.
Sincerely yours,

108, 109, 1 C , 218.
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gf Eastern Airlines Ilot, Atlanta, Georgia,
disclosed that his sighting the 2 bul948 did not
occur on the same day as that reported by w
M the 2lst of August l948. No other pertinent
information was developed and all outstanding leads have
been investigated, therefore this report is considered
closed by this office.
DOD DIR 6200.10
DISTRIBUTION FILE STAMP
CG, AIO Commanding General
Eq OSI 201 Air Materiel Cormand
l00 Es C1 Tright-rabtorson Arl, Chio
Ico, Marvell AFB 2
DO F5 (Info) 1. AC, ATTN: NCIAXO-3
File 2
APPROVED 144
mhder. UNCLASSIFIED
AFHQ FORM- Replaces AFCSI Form 1, 23 16--0771-1 U. 5. GOVERNMENT 7RINTING OFX1CE
15 JAN 49 O-2

Detailed completed Derson reporting undeter-
mined flying objects in the vicinity Montgomer 26 July 19148,
between the hours of and 0245.
Analysis has been made of the compiled statements and the other available
evidence of each individual interrogated. T The analysis was undertaken as only one
of 2l9 reported incidents with an objective of arriving towards a definite pattern
or trend in order to determine whether the objects reported were of domestic or
SNEIDER
Captain, USAF
Project Officer
KR. A. LLENELLYN Special Pr ojects Branch
Major, USAP Technical Intelligence Division
Actg Chief, Operations Section Intelligence Department
ach Intelligence Division
intelligence Departrent
AFPROVED:
R. CLINGERMAN R. CLINGERMAN
olonel, USAF olonel, USAF
Tecnnical Tecool Intalligence Diviaion atalligence Diviaion
itelligence Department
WCAS
DOWNOPAD PAT T-80200
DECLASSIIICA
DOD DIR 5200.10
(Orig. &3 dup)
Chief, Intell Deot, MCI
1- Chief, Tech Analysia Div, MCIAm
1-Ofc of Chief of Naval Opns,
ATION AFFTST CSNLDEFENSS STHEUMTO TATESWTHI -EMEMNNN GFTHEVIPONGEAT SHI
M9504 1- ITSCONTEATSN MY MANNERIOONINT
GENE, USAF. VHUL& CR IN PART SY ODHLH HAN UINITED STATES MR FORCE AGENCIES. SACLPT 6/ PEAMIUN OF THE DIPLCIOR CF
22
(Ret UNCLASSIFIER
18-0241
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1 Inel GRAEPITH C8/336
Intell Report Chief, Cperations Section 6-5310
Tech Intelligenc Division
Intelligenc Department
MOIAXO-3 MCIAT 7 Dec 48 2
1. The following commenbs are frered conolusion number 4 of the attached
report:
1. It does not appear logical bring in a conclusion regarding space ships
when it was not disoussed in the body of the report. This is not a conclusion that is
oes not belong
b. The expression, "It is now aerodynamically feasiole for subject configura-
tion to Ply" imolies that WAS not feasible until the report mritten. This does
not make sense.
2. It is suggested that a conclusion to replace that disoussed above merely state
that an aircraft of the configuration desoribed could support itself in flight by sero-
dymamic forces.
A.B.Ooa
Incl A. B. DELAZIOND ABD/amb
n/c Asst Deputy for Tech Analysis 6-6393
Tech Intelligence Division P 2183
3n0e De0ar9n5 3.231
pDyALS:
DEULASSIALD TRMS.
DODDIR oSO1e
P-30200-A
Dec6l 1
WF-L-1B MAR 48 2 Mil 6OOM (CONTINUE ON OTHER SIDE)

1. Reference ia mde to Cftice of Cnief of laval Ooerations
confidenslal letter, Serial Ollieypi2 datod I lovenber 1S-6, abjeet
"degorting of Informetion on Alging Jians,"
20 In comllence vith redest of refarenoed comunidstien.
a cory of Intelligence Reort Mumber 10z-l22-79, ubject: Uniden-
3
Foennical Intelligence Division of this deadruarters,
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hour carlier, ir ties srg :
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assusios that the inat
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SUBJECT Report of Meteor seen on DATE August 3, 1948
July 24, 1948
I. At about 0230 on July 24, 1948, lend I, as
meteor. It was brigher than any I have seen before, and
travelling in a horicontal direction, slightly above the horizon.
I estimate that I saw it for about 3 seconds before it died out. A
at no time did it aopear to travel in a downward direction.
and I talced about what we had seen and discussed the
fact that a meteor, caused by gravity, could till appear to be
travelling horizontally.
II, At the time of this incident we vere travelling between
Blackstone, Va., and Greensboro, N. as clear and
the visibility unlinited. We were on a msgnet heading of 240
a bearing of about
tion, above but close to the horizon.
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bours of 0140 and 0245 EST.
3. ACTION INITIATED:
1. Cn 25 July 194S, Major R. A. Llewellyn, Project "gIGN" Officer, Mr. A.
Deyarmond, Technical Assi tant to Col Clingerman, 1, Mr. A. C. Loedding, Assistant
Deputy for Cechnical Analysis Division, and Capt oseclose, Security Officer,
proceeded to Atlanta, Georgia, W ney intervie aniyr.
anomaly
observed. Copies of these statements together with drawings executed by W and
are eppended as Exhibit "A". On 3l Ju personally
interviewed Mr
and to woat he saw while a the DC-3 piloted by
and ,s statement is atteched chibit "B
Ths complete-
ly assembled data, i.e., statements of witnestes, reliability statements, airline
scnedules and the collated data chart were forwarded to the various technical agencies
to effect an evaluation and interpretation of the tecanological fectore involved.
C. FACTUAL DATA: 1
1. The colleted data chart (Exiibit "H") was drawn um effect a trend or
nattern nettern in "egerd in "egerd to the rerorte ightings.
a. Fron this chart it is evident a. Fron this chart i it is evident that three or possibly four separate senarate
incidents were involved:
(1) That pertaining to sightinge
5e) That of That ARST
(3) That of
(1) That of row"
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WAY NOT 5E A ARLCEO EN WNCLE CR IN PANY. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR PORCE AGE'WILS TOVCEPT OY PE ELLIGENCELSA UNOR HE DNECTOHOF
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Trip 573 checked Blackstone, Ve. at O2l9, July 24, 1948
Estimated Releigh-Durhem, N. C. at O259
Flight Plan VFR Washington-to Raleigh-Durhan direct.
Weather at Blackotone at O230 D/ 70 112/73/72/ wsw5/987
Greensboro and Raleigh-Durham both had a/ l5 plus.
Shortly after checking Blackstone and as near as we can place the
time, approxinately O230, we picked up a trail that appesred to be
. a jet or rocket trail traveling at a terrific speed..
The object leaving the trail was traveling in a southwesterly
direction, and as nearly as we can place the degree of travel,
The trail at no time crossed our flight Dath. It was on the distant
western horizon at approximately 20 above the horizon. The trail
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July 30, 1948
Commanding Ganeral, A.ll.C. Headquarters
Wright Field
Dayton, Chio
Att: ColeicCov-liDIA
Dear Colonel MeGoy:
I an writlng to you at the mnpuest of
Captuin Eddte Rickenbacker regarding a requent made by a
Mr. A. G. Leadding, who stated that he represented your
office.
Mr. Loedding came to my ofriee this
noon in civillan olothes, showed ne some travel orders,
and an identifioation card, end requested informetion from
July 24th, where two of our pilots saw an aerial phenomenon
with a statenent of polioy from this company.
Before doing anything in connection
therewith, Captein Riekenbacker has suggested that I write
to gou for confirmation of this request and whether I
-should give it to Mr. Loedding or send it dirootly to you. .
F
rould vary rlich avpraelata your adriaing
me on this muttar not latar than donday, by salllys te
. collect, if you vill, at CIrele 6-33oo. -
84.48 Sincorely yours
Pho
thit
SdeiOsmne ident
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Your letter dated 17 Angu3t inclosing
data requested been
received.
Your cooperation this ntter is apprsciated,
and the data will be tured over to Colonel MeCoy
upon his return from Was
Very truly
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TRALING ABOUT VEEV BRNHT WHITE LIENT
5OFLET SIEN IN WINDOWS
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"SamE As AsolE " NoT STAiED B=2
Yellow StRaight s up into Cloups A-2
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Not stated LikE Jet oR none 80°-900 StATED
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Object was sighted 24 July J018 between O140 ron 1 +
cjl Georgia.
b. Object was a again sighted from an altitude of 5,O00 feet by
and Td while flying a lC-3
at approxirately O245 EST.
C Both theMgsighting anl tht of and describe
the object as "cigar" or "cylindrical" in shape. (McKelvie
perceived only the glow enitted by it)
All observers agree that the object was traveling in a general
southerly heading and that it was trailed byra flame varying
in color and that it behaved like a normal craft insofar as
disappearing from the line of sight was concerned.
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account and that of C and
were officlally made w thin a period would preclude
eny chance of impressions being gained from newspaner
reports.
(2) Incident #2
Object #2 was obgerved by and at 0230
rne, between Blackstone, Virginia,
and Greensboro, North Carolina This sighting is considered sepa-
rately since the descriptions of speed as "meteorio" or "terrific",
the manner of travel described as an arc or horiZontal, and the
fact that it 'faded like a meteor' seem to indicate that the object
seen was not tce one observed in Incident l.
(3) Incilent 93
manenvered,
described ae varied in color but ored loninently brillant blue-white.
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Too DEcks
2500 FT SouthEAst Not stated Not Stated Not Stat
Dstant western South WEs 20 ABOYE not stated not STa
HoRizon HOkixon
Not stated not StatEd not Stateo
Slightly ABovE Southerly Slightly ABOVE I
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NOT STAtED EAst-ToWesT NotstateD Not stAteD LARGE Shootino ReD Blush Not star
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NeRy High South-EAST NoT Stated NoT StAtED Foolsall GREEN Nor Sta.
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CHILES 24 July 48 0245 2omies S.monto. 5 5-105E
Ala. "A{R".
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24 Ju1y 43 0245
MEKELVIE-NIS BbSINGER 24 July 48 0245 EST
Anltoi
FELDVARY - Piot 24 July 48 0230 Blackstone YA not stalco
"BiR" Between
MANSFELD 24 July 42 0230 BlackstonE VA
Plots SREEnSBORO Ne 3 SEC
"AiRe"
AVERY - OBSERVER 26July 48 2100 US,NAS Fzw Sec
RUSSELL WspapER man 26 5y 48 2100-2130 Auqusta Ga. FEw SEC
BELL-T.T. OPER 26 July 48 2100 2130 Auousta GA. Not Stated
BATTLE (Might EDioe) 265uly 48 2050 AuGutA GA. Nor Stated
ATKINSON (PReintER) 265Wy 48 2300 AuGustA GA. HoT stated
Mes SKINNER (HEWCE) 3.65uy 48 2145 AuGustA GA. NOT STATED
Mes PROVEAUX(HOUEWC) 20 July 49 2130 Auzusta Gm. Not Staleo
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GALL GALL N/s 2650ly 42 26501y 42 2045 2045 Chamslee GA. SEveral SEc SEVERAl SE
SHAW SHAW 2/3 N/s 26July 48 2045 2045 ChamalEE Chamelze Ga. Ga. SEVERAl SEC SEVERAl SEC
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242 MetMa SEBRING 2by 2045 Chamalas GA SEYERAIES
Mes HiLL 26Idy 4% 2045 Chamolee Ga SEYERAl SEC al
Ms RENFROF 2045 Chamelce Ga SEVERAL Sed
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PREDOMINANT FEATURES 0245 Monig. ALA. 5.20 566
InciDEnT at 144 0140 0ISO Chamalee Ga

righter. The illuminatioa inside
the body itsolf the brilliance of a magnesium flare.
was an intense, fairly dark, blue glow running the entire length
of the object beneath the fuselage.
The glow reminded dwtgs of a blue fluorescent factory light.
The oxhiust was desrribed as a red-orange flame, the lighter color
(orange) betng predominant about the outer edges. m thought
the flame flared out from a nozgle in the renr which thought he
perceived. The flama oxtended some 30 to S0 feet behind the object
and became deeper in intensity (redder) and increased length as
the object pulled up into a cloud.
air wavas.
tion also indicated windows the side. He estimated
the object passed at greater distan than di . He
apirallal cone
thon
grorinr any wider than the width of the object iself, although he
hoticed the increased longth of the flame as the object "pulled up.
Te aight was elear with a bright moon and broken cloud covor-
eo 10 t Gooo foet. Both astimated the object to be in sight
io-l aaunnde
sdse vas vvaluatad aa wy obvious "firehall" bot was carried
as hnilentified for a time in the Air Force Filos. The initial
ovaluanion was nade in leds by Dr. J. Allen Hvnek. Current analysis
of the data substantiates Dr. Hynek's conclusion and the case is
evaluated as a meteor sighting.

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JULY_23,_1948 _MONTGOMERY _ALABAMA (KEYHOE-1960 P 87) 3 WITNESSESOO
ON JULY 23, I94B, AN EASTERN AIR LINES DC-3 TOOK OFF FROM HOUSTON EN ROUTE 01
TOBOSTONCAPTAIN IN COMMAND. HAD 8.SOO FLYING HOURS. DURING THE 02
03
OFFICER ATEO MADE CAPTAIN. ALSO WAS A VETERAN. HE HAD FLOWN 04
8-29-S. 05
AT 2.45 A.M._ON_THE 24TH, THE DC-3 WAS TWENTY MILES WEST MONTGOMERY, 06
ALABAMA, FLYING IN BRIGHT MOONLIGHT. SUDDENLY, A ROCKET-SHAPED OBJECT, 07
RDILIIANTLYLIGHTED, CAME RACING ALONG THE AIRWAY. 08
*IT FLASHED TOWARD US-AT-TERRIFIC-SPEED,# *IT FLASHED TOWARD US-AT TERRIFIC-SPEED, SAID-LATEP,*IVEERED SAID-LATED,*IVEEREDTOO9 TO_ 09
THE LEFT. IT VEERED SHARPLY TOO, AND PASSED ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED FEET TO THE IO IT VEERED
RIGHT.IT WAS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FEET LONGCIGAR-SHAPED.AND WINGLESS,IT
WAS TWICE THE DIAMETER OF A B-29.* 12
AS THE STRANGEOBJECIWENIBY BOTH PILOTS SAWIT WAS DOUBLE-DECKED, WITH AS THE STRANGEOBJECIWENIBY. BOTH PILOTS SAWIT WAS DOUBLE-DECKED, WITH 13
TWO ROWS OF WINDOWS OR PORTS. - PROTRUDING FROM THE NOSE WAS SOMETHING LIKE A A 14
RADAR POLE. 15
#A GLOW LIKE A BLUE FLUORESCENT LIGHT SHONE FROM INSIDE,* SAID CAPTAIN #A GLOW LIKE A BLUE F FLUORESCENT LIGHT SHONE FROM INSIDE,* SAID CAPTAIN 16 16
THOUGH HE COULD SEE THOUGH HE COULD SEE NO OCCUPANTS, HE FELT THAT THE MYSTERY ORJECT NO OCCUPANTS, HE FELT THAT THE MYSTERY ORJECT WASI7
INTELLIGENTLY CONTROLLED. *JUST AS IT WENT BY,* HE REPORTED. *THE PILOT 18
PULLED UP AS IF HE HAD SEEN THE DC-3 AND WANTED TO AVOID US, THERE WAS A 19
TREMENDOUS BURST OF FLAME FROM THE REAR. IT ZOOMED INTO THE CLOUDS. ITS JET 20
_WASH ROCKING OUR DC-3.* 21
OESTIMATED THE UFO-S SPEED AT FIVE HUNDRED TO SEVEN HUNDRED MILE AN 22
HOUR.BOTH HE AND AGREED THE EXHAUST WAS A RED-ORANGE FLAME, THI 23
TO FIFTY FEET LONG. 24
PASSAGE OF THE _STRANGE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY THE ONLY PASSENGER WHO 25
AWAKE -- ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR 26
K IN THAT SWIFT GLIMPSE. AW NO DETATES, BUT A CSEN 27
CHIEF AT ROBINS AIR FORCE SASE. MACON, GEORGIA. CONFIRMED THAT A HUGE WIN 9528
OBJECT MATCHING THE PILOTS- DESCRIPTION HAD RUSHED ACROSS THE DASE THAT ANS 20
NIGHT. 30

FLYING FLOOR LAMP? By R. DEWITT MILLER
LOS ANGELES, July 25.-(UP)-
Strange things in the sky again!
This time something that looks like
el Everybody Seeing a gigantic Buck Rogers space rocket
traveling between 5 and 700 miles.
an hourover.Alabama.r-S
Only a year ago there was the
famous "flying discs" uprgar. Since
Speedy Sky Bogey then there have been numerous re-
liable reports of even stranger
things in the sky. Now a detailed
By CHARLES POU report by an airline pilot and co-
Is that Thing no more than a wayward floor lamp? pilot of this fantastic machine over
Alabama.
Mrs. Noah Atkinson, of Brookhaven, saw it. And whatr In an articie written exclusively
did that Thing look like? t for the:United Press July 8, 1947.
A great big floor lamp, all lit up. Oh, it was beautiful!" L.saidithiere had been thousands of
+h
And C. M. Bowles, an Exposi- rellable,feports during the last 150!
tion Mills painter who lives near years of strange things in the sky.l
the Municipal airport, Sunday Here are some more recent re-
ports ir" addition. to the "flying!
night saw a "huge, brilliantly saucers":
lighted object" streaking over At- Oct. 14. 1946-San Diego, Calif.-
lanta skies at maybe 30,00o feet. A strange, fantastic crait was re-
Mr. Bowles thinks the Thing was ported maneuvering through the
moonlit sky. Cne witness described
straight from Moscow. it as "shaped like a bullet, leaving
Two Eastern Air Lines pilots a thin trail oi-vapor behind."
first were startled by the newest Wilmington. O., Jan. 8, 1948-The
astronomical "what-i3-it" near Clintan county air hase issbed aa.
- official report on something in the
Montgomery earl Saturaay. To sky seen by army personnel ang
them,iit was "a wingless craft, thousands of civilians. it was de
spurting flame like a Buck Rogers scribed as "a flaming cone trailin
rocket ship." Elsewhere; all over s.1080 a gaseous green mist."
the country. that Thing was vari- Louisville, Ky. Jan. 8. 1o48
ously identified as: national guard flyer lost his lif
What It Looked Like while chasing a wierd object i
L. An aluminum covered bal- the sky.
loon. I could cite 50 similar cases dur
2. A ball of fire. ing the last two years.
3.An unusualiy bright light. Now comes the startling reporj
4.-A red and blue tlame that of a "space rocket" mit
Ipng windows--again traveling at high
burst in mid-air. speeds and reported by an airline
5. A flash of cherry red fire. pilet and co-pilot who had ampi@
6. A meteor. opportunity for observation.
Mrs. Atkinson kept her Fly- What are these strange things
ing Flooriamp secret three weeks. in ihe skies? Here are a few pos-
But she knew she wasn't seeing sibllities:
things when she saw the Thing. Army experimentation -pos
She and her husband, who also - sibly, hut it doesn't seem reasonable
saw it, keot mum. The story that the army would allow top
reaily sounded a little silly until drawer secret weapons to wander
the two Eastern pilots saw their over the country fouling up com-
Saturday morning. group of super scientists working
Pretty and Fast in a secluded Shangri-La-an outa
After that. she decided her tale side possibility, but it would be
could be told: ATA.NTA, Ga., Juiy 25.-(UP) almost impossible to concea!: the
"My husband and I were sit- -Two Eastern Air Line pilots manufacturing facilities necessary.
tingson our front porch the night who reported seeing a huge 3. Space ships from Maxs. or
of July 5, and at a quarter to 9 Mlame-shooting Buck Rogers sky somewhere else beyond this parth.
o'clock we Thing. Our monster near Montgomery, Ala, This is a distinc: possibility. Our
front porch doesn't have a screen. yesterday maintained stoutiys to- scientists inform us that we may
andi we Wers sitting near the day that what they saw was a soon build space rockets, so why
edge where we could see good. "man-made gadget." shouldn't beings on some ether
"L saw it first. It was not high They said they will be flwing world heat us to it?
p-aboui 200 feet. I zuess. but) the same route again this week 4. Ohjects out of other dimen-
t looked. like it was rignt above and this time they'll be armed sions of time and space. This seems
the treetons. 'Looka there'I with still and movie cameras in fantastic, but s ience has recently
yeuled to my husband, and he case the giant craft turns up discovered startling facts about the)
saw it too. again. possibility of vnknown dimensions
"It looked Wke the top part of time and space.
of a floor lamp, and it was the
crettiest thing I ever saw. It came
and passed so uo.ck-i guess it§
must have been son miles an hour.
or faster."
And how ta vo alr-
ne pilots. and Jonn a
3. Whitted. ot Aanta?
Well. they off todav.
med with a eanera. And they
pe to bring back a picture of
.nt Thing.

p
TODAY'S WEATHER
CINCINNATIAND VICINITY: THE CINCINN
Increasing cloudiness and
warmer with scattered thun-
dershowers; high about 90;
clearing and cooler tonight.
103th YEAR NO. 108-DAILY *++** MONDAY MORN
Two Fliers Cling To Story
Of Observing
Sky Monster
SCQRNS BALLOON THEORY.
Whitted; an Air Force pilot dur-
ing the war with the rank of First
Ideutenant, said ho had worked
BOTH AIRMEN with radar equipment overseas and
the idea that the monster vas a
Dailocirwas "fantastic."
Chiles agreed. He was ana Air
Forcs Lieutanant Colonel during
Scoff At Theory . the war, he said, and declared
that "it was definitely noc a hal-
lon."
Chiles was also sure that it was
It Was Meteor, Comet not a meteor or comet. "It was
man-made gadget," he said; "and
f was definitely jet-propeiled."The
Or Army Balloons clearest thing he saw, Chires sald,
were two rows of windowg each
about the size of "house-windowe."
Giant Sighted Over South The windows were all lighted
up from inside," he said. "eitherd
Described As "Gadget" by electricity or possibly byjete
fual bumin jmidaIke whe
Made By Man. wey were so easy to see."j
"You could see right through the
Atlanta. Ga July 25-(UP Two windows and out the other side."
Eastern AIF Line Chiles said. Neither pilot reported
ported seeing a huge flame shnot eny sign of life aboard thel "mon-
ater."
Ing Buck Rogers sky monster near WITHIN 750 FEET.
Montgomery, Ala.., yesterday mahi
giant craft turns up again. i morning, they will pass ower the
Capt. C. S. Chiles, Atlantacand pot where they saw the monster.'
Co-Pilot John Whitted, Hapeville Chiles said. He is a camera en-
Ga.. claimed they saw the auges thusiast and plans to take along!
ship, a wingless affair four times movie camera and also a still
the circumference of a B-29 fusod eamera.
aze. on a routine flight from Hous- Chiles said he had a camera
n. Tex. sarly yestardav morning dleng when they spotted they-mons-
Today they retused to let:skep- ter Saturday but that it was back
ttes shake their story. They denied in the ship and they couldn't get
nuggestions that it might haver to it in time.
bean a mateor or comet, or an Only one of the piane's passen-
Army radar cbaervation balloon. gers aboard was awake at the time
and he saw a "continuous light"
at the time the pilots reportedly
saw the crait. He was C. L Mo
Kalie, Columbus. Ohio. Chstes
said he learned later that M Kelvie
also had a camera, on a dstraph
around his neck. but he cdidn't
Nave time to use it.
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gomery.:
After reaching Atlanta at 3:49
a. m they told of their strange
experience. Captain Childs said
thex first sighted the object up
ahead when nearing Montgomery.
"It was in line almost with our
Iight," he said. "We veered off to
the left and this object turned to
its left.r When it came nearer to
us, within better sight, its. frise
lage appeared to be about lo0 feet
in length and about four times the
circumference of a B-28 fuselager
"It had two rows of windows, an
apper and a lower. They were
square Out of the rear of the
ship red flames were shooting
wenty-five to fifty feet. There
was a blue glow underneath the
fuselage./ The ship appeared to
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fro
as
ATLANTA, July 2t (UP).—Two pilots of Eastern Air Lines today announced they had arr
encountered a giant, wingless, flame-throwing aireraft straight out of Buck Rcgers, Capt. E
25 Charles Shipe Chiles and John B. Whitted, his co-pilot, corroborated each other's report of the the
22 tive
17 fantastic plane.
31 They were flying in a DC-3 | stream of flame cofing out of flame shot out its rear end. 194
31 par
18 Eastern Airliner at 5,0oe feet the rear cnd of the plane, or "A luminous glow, like
8 about 20 miles southwest of whatever it was. giant flourescent light. ran the
15 along the belly of the thing."
24 Montgomery, Ala., early today "Then I noticed the two rows
when the thing came at them, of square windows-we couldn't As the aircraft passed them.
they said. see any people aboard. they said, their DC-3 fluttered in
It looked like a B-29 "blown "The aircraft seemed to be the "prop-wash, jet-wash or
up about four times" and stripped about four times the circum- rocket-wash."
of its wings. ference of a B-29 fuselage but "It sent out tremendous shock
23 It cást a light more vivtd than it was only a little longer. There waves," he added. U
22 lightning. they said. They saw were no wings whatever, Chiles and Whitted said 20 Mel
22 two decks of big square windows "The plane passed us on our passengers were aboard their tind
23 right, then. as if the pilot had
30 and it was a man-made thing. plane but all were asleep except tad
30 all right," they added. Capt. seen us and wanted to avoid us, C. L. McKelvie of Columbus. O. W
.16 Chiles said: it zoomed up at 50o to 700 miles They sald McKelvie's story jibed
and
lat. you "The first thing that came to per hour into the same cloud it with theirs when they talked chal
my attention was the long came out of. A 40-foot red about it later. situ
6.

2
n
WHATEVER IT WAS, CAPTAIN CHILES LATER TOLD 17 ..WE
PROJECT SAUCER' INVESTIBATORS, "IT FLASHED DCWN VEERED TO OUR LEFT. IT VEERED TO ITS LEFT
"OWARD US (MEADING SOUTHWSST) .. A WINGLESS AIR- AND PASSED US ABOUT 7OO PEET TO OUR RIGHT AND
CRAFT, IOO FEET LONG, CIGAR SHAPED, AND ABOUT TWICE ABOVE US..
HE O1METER OF A B-29 AITH MO PROTRUOIMS SUR- WHEW!
FACES...*
IT'S COHING PISHTATUS!
VEER OFFOH WE'LL HIT
IT!

inite light".
first instence describe a "blue glow" running the entire length of
the fuselage. Moen viewed fron the sround it is logical to assume
that the blue glow woull be mostly visible.
NOTE: In this connection, Or. Josef Allen R Hymek, astro-pnysicist,
OsuRF, wio is presently to verve as conaultant on this pboject.
has advised tnat it is possible for a celestial body to appeer
to travel in raigat line and slunt. wnwards, (It is
extremely improbable, althouge aerodynamically possible, for
some objects to achieve an effect of lift through the forces
generated during their flight through the atmosphere). It is
his further opinion that it is imposrible for any celestial body
to maneuver violently anl make shorp turns. It is extremely
mase,
light suddenly blinking off.
(14) Incident #4
7 Object #4 waaobserved by pakr, anl Hrs. Mrs.wid. Mrs.
andMr. betwee 2050, 26 July
19415, at ta, Georgia. Deseription of this
object-geens late t:
servers said ti aped"; tnat it awpeared
to be a green light with ilvery tail in
stated tout wus "10,000 to
20,000 mpb" and toet "it acuecred 174 of a full moon",
and taat "it was a multi-colored, brilliant li
fragments",  The terrific speed togetner with the descriotioo of a
multi-colored light trailing burning fra. milti-colore ng burnins ments seems to establish nts seems to establish
t.is object as a meteor, t.is object a teOr
COMMENTS:
2. The only The only incident wtich possesses absolute intelligence significence is
nxitedt ent 11. la govious th ie oovious th t' tiis ob.ject was not a meteor. is ob.jeat was not a meteor. There has been no
ence mny fintings of umreliabtlithy hor tove PHD CY
pomiracies on ihe ovrt of the witnes-es.
2. Weat er reccrtr establisii arees of vicibility as tatat in tne observers!
ports.
3 Avellable fafermation from Ordnance, Arry, Navy and AF Weatiar Bureaus, Re-
sther,fallai CSS
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sny people aboard. it was trave
ung too fast for thar.
The plane passed us on the right.
en. as if the pilot had seen us
wno wanted ro nvoid ns. it zoomed
n lnto the saine cjoud it came out
d A t0-foot red lame shot out its
or end. A lominous glow like a
clant fluoreseent Diglt (an along)
the belly of the thins
Whitted. who said he had seeng
the Air Force's hast let ojages not
in the secret iist. catimated its
peed as much faster than he had
nen before.
Orieans, the pllots said.
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Alabama.
"Ié you look at one of those "It was a moonlit night with
wntastic Flash Gordon rocket ships some clouds," Chiles said, "and
in the funny papers, you've got a we were flying along on the regu-
picture of what we saw," said lar airway, when we saw ahead
Whitted. and slightly above and to our
Nearly four times larger than a right what appuared to be a tre-
B-20. it resembled a B-29 fuselage mendous jet of flame.
with the wings off, Chiles said. "We asked each other, 'What in
and flaines were shooting out of the world is this?'
ha tail 35 to 40 feet. ha tail 35 to 40 feet. "It flashed down and we veered "It flashed down and we yeered
Traveling at a speed they esti- to the left and it veered to its
raled at between 500 and 700 aled at between 500 and 700 left, and passed us about 7oo feet
.cs an hour. the mvsterious air- es an hour. the mvsterious air- to our right and about 7oo foet
was briliiantiy lighted with above us.
o decks of windows. Under- decks of windows. Under- Then, as if the pilot had seen
ath, on the belly of the ship. ath, on the belly of the ship. us and wanted to avoid us, it
dev said there was a sort of blue lev said there was a sort of blue pulled up with a tremendous burst
uorescent giow. iuorescent glow, of flame out of its rear and and: of flame out of its rear and and:
Tlying a northeasteriy course on lying a northeasteriy course on znorned un into the clouds. Its zoorned un into ihe clouds. . Its
cheduled flight from Houston, cheduled flight from Houston, prop-wash or jet-wash rocked our prop-wash or jet-wash rocked our
as, yia New Orieans, to At- cas, yia New Orieans, to At- DC-3."- DC-3."-
Canstitution Staff Phato-Pyan Sanders The pilots said they saw two
DESCRIBE MYSTERIOUS "PLANE"--Co-Pilot John B. rows of square windows on the
Whitted (left) and Clarence Shipe Chiles, of an craft, and Whitted said he counted
six windows, but could see no
Eastern Air nes DC-3, tell Lockwood Doty, WCON occupants because the ship was
News Director, how they saw a huge, strange, jet-pro- going too fast.
pelled. double-decker, wingless aircraft whiz past them "It was a man-made thing all
early yesterday morning near Montgomery, Ala. right," they said.
The light of the plane and its
As a H-29 bomber pilot duriig jet flames was so bright it aimost
he war, I saw some strange things gave them "lightning blindness,"
er Janan." Whitted said, "but I they said, and they had to turn
saw anything like that." whittel up their instrument panel lishts in
nited gress recorted "no their cockpit.
Suxtvell Field "After it passed us." Chiles sald,
Tes Capt. Eddie we must have sat their for five
enoacker ern Air Lines minutes without saying a word.
we were zo speechless."
eamen at Wash- They reported by radla what
poyibility that they had seen and their messase
havabeen went to Maxwell Fiald at Mant-
sion ot the Boeing Wat Chiles Sow gomery, and to Lowson Fleld a:
ransport repoctediv under. Fort Benning, and to CAA olfices
mewbere in the the ptlots sald. They told loout
- Ceer said this it again vnen ihey landed at At
133 ns Winas connected far lanta, thev said, bur averyone
on he tuselage and this was incredulous.
conit.se an coserver into Chiles and Whitted both said
ding it vas wingless. But the PILOTS' DRAWINGS OF MYSTERY CRAFT they were certain it was not a
s propelled by conventional meteor or comet, because they had
ines. seen them before in the air.
1z

turned to its left. When it came scared the daylights out of two
near to us, its fuselage appeared Atlanta Eastern Air Line pilots
to be about lo0 feet in length in the spcoky hours Saturday
and about four times the cir- morning?
cunference of a B-2y fuselage. cumference of a B-2y fuselage. Is there some stratospheric Loch Is there some stratospheric Loch
"it had two rows of windows. Ness fire-breathing monster on Ness fire-breathing monster on
Out of the rear of the ship red the Milky Way run between At- the Milky Way run between At-
flames were shooting 25 to 50 lanta and New Orleans?
feet. There was a blue. glow The pilots. Capt. C. S. Chiles,
beneath the fuselage. The ship of Atlanta. and Co-Pilot J. B.
appeared to be doing between appeared. to be doing between
soi to 700 miles an hour, head- sii to 700 miles an hour, head- Whitted, of Hapeville. would like Whitted, of Hapeville, would like
ing toward New Crleans. to know. The Army Strategie Air
# : Command would like to know. Big
"WHEN IT GOT alongside of airplane manufacturers also are
us, it pulled up with a tremen- curious, but slightly dubious.
dous burst of flame out of the dous burst of flame out of the Pilots Chiles and Whitted told Pilots Chiles and Whitted told
rear. Then the ship disappeared their thrilling story upon arriv-
into the broken clouds. The ship Out at Santa Monica, Cal., the Out at Santa Monica, Cal., the ing at municipal airport here Sat-
had no vings. It seened to have had no wings. It seened to have famous Gen. George C. Kenney, famous Gen. George C. Kenney,
an upper deck and a lower deck an upper deck and a lower deck chief of the Strategic Air Com- chief of the Strategic Air Com- urday on the Houston-Atianta. on the Houston-Atlanta.
and was fully lighted inside. We and was fullv lignted inside. We mand. was bearded in his den. mand. was bearded in his den. Boston run. Here is what they Boston run. Here is what they
shw no occupants. His eyes twinkled. No, he said, say they saw, near Montgomery:
At Montgomery, Maxwell and EAL FL cautiously, it wasn't one of his AIRCRAFT A gigantic plane without wings.
Dannelly Army fields said they planes. The Army as yet hasn't black against the night sky.
knew nothing about the repert. Copilot Jo got anything like the Thing seen hiles (right). streaking through the heavens at
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis- over Montgomery. 5.00o feet altitude with a fiery
tration also said it had no in- Not Boeing Plane comet's tail 25 to 50 feet in
(ormation about the ship. The I wish we did," the general length. It had a l00-foot fuselage
Air Force in Washington also said wistfully. "I sure would have about four' times the circumfer-
ld shed no light on the craft. liked to see that Thing." ence of a B-29's. and two rows
of brilliantly lighted square
ported sighted over Montgom So said William M. Allen. pres- windows. Creepiest of all, it was
Ala., bv two Eastern Air- ident of the Boeing Aircraft Co., a veritable Flying Dutchman of
r  described by a Uo at Seattle. "I'm pretty sure The Skies. Nary a living soul was
t oasn't one of our pianes." said en aboard!
(unbus, O., than today is "a Mr. Allen, modestly. Continuous Lizht
of cherrr red fire." Almost identical statements is- The pilots admitted they had
Ciumenea L. MeKelvie. assist- sued by the Army Air Forces at goose pimples riding pick-a-back
managlag editor of the Washington and the United States on zoose pimples.  What's more,
Weather Bureau at Montgomery they said one of their 20 passen-
tended to throw some light on gers--C. L. McKalvie. of Colum-
vry passeniger om this fantasy. Both sources sug- Sls. Ohio--was awake and sav
Airlineg Houston- exted that the Atlanta pilots had
put aai-ep whun lown bast an air radar veather the same thing.
a4 s1gnt oron bailoon. Those things. Leporters nailed Mn McKelvie
rm. 1 Koiained. hre 10 7eet in Kennett Square. 1. How apout
Aaivie sai ciameter and have square, tinfoil ., they asked him-nad he seen
boxes fastened to them. The boxes what the Atlanta pilots said he
reflect lignt and "give strange s saw?
iiusions"' as they twist and turn.l Well, now, said Mr. McKelvie--
Maxwell Fieid said they send 'emk not exactly. He said he saw "nc
up at six-hour intervals. form of ship" whatever. He saw a
Ard Maxwell Field is at Mont- "continuous light speed past" his
gomery. window.
But." added Mr. MeK., "I'r

hunting near Covington. Rogers" craft. They. had repqrted thing on this flight they hope to
J. V. Morris, of 1092 Wyley St., seeing it at 2:45 a. m. record their observations on film
S. E., said he and a friend, Lind- Meanwhile. Air Force. Coast -as proof.
say Fall, of 1309 Metropolitan Guard and civilian air officials,
Ave., S. E., were fox hunting as weil as plane manufacturers
around Snapping Shoals on the,collectively declared _ they had
Yellow River about 3 a. m. Sat- never heard of anything like the ANTS
urday when they saw "an unusu- leviathan Chiles and Whitted re-
aliy bright light--as bright as a ported they saw on a night flight
Hunters Abet Story
Of Wingless Aircrait P
A flame-shooting, wingless mystery aircraft r reported
seen by two Eastern Air Lines pilots early Saturday morn-
ing was linked yesterday with a strange sight observed. in
the sky about the same time by two Atlantans who were
fox-hunting near Covington.
J. V. Morris, of 1092 Wyley St., Hunt and Aircraft Communicator
S..FE said George Robinson said they saw a
seeing it at 2:45 a. m. Guard and civilian air officials,
Hundreds of telephone calls as well as plane manufacturers
flooded the Civil Aeronauties Ad- collectively declared thev had
ministration office in Yakima. never heard of anything like the
Wash., today from persons who leviathan Chiles and Whitted re-!
had seen a silvery, "moon-sized" ported thev saw on a night dlighti
flying "blob" whee aeross the from Houston, Texas, to Atlanta.I
ky above the ciy. SuL the Diiots were undaunted!
The apparition. "anotner by the sceoties. They announced!
ilying saucer" by the CAA. Was they Dianned to themselvest
observed by two control tower with cameras as they prepared to
men at the Yakima Airport, both take off on another, round trip
of whom agreed as to its general flight to Houston. If they see any-
deseription. thing on this flight they hope to
Airport Traffic Controller Don--as pronf. record their observations on film

Montgornery, Ala., about 2:45
a. m. (CST).
"It was in line almost with our
flight," Chiles said. "We veered
off to the left and this object
turned to its left. When it came
near to us, its fuselage appeared
to be about l00 feet in length
and about four times the cir-
cumference of a B-29 fuselage.
"It had two rows of windows.
Out of the rear of the ship red
flames were shooting 25 to 50
feet. There was a blue glow
beneath the fuselage. The ship
nuneared to be doing between
3

hind the next hill," although they may actoally be filty or a hundred
miles away. Although the night was moonlit and clear except for
broken clouds, the witnesses had no fixed reference point by which
to determinc cither distance or size.
There can be no doubt that Chiles and Whitted misinterpreted
the appearance of an unustally brilliant mcteor, its body glowing to
white (the momentarily persisting luminous train of a me teor often
has a veined or fibrous structure that could easily have suggested
the "lighted window" and "cockpit") and blue incandescence (the
glowing "undercarriage") as it rushed through the atmosphere some
fifty miles or more away, shooting off flaming gases (the "exhaust")
and vaporizing from the friction of the atmosphere. Flashing be-
yond thcir range of vision ("pulling up into the clonds"), it proably

country spend many evenings watehing the sky, counting meteors,
mapping their paths, aud reporting the data to various observato-
ries. On an average night outside the shower periods, if there are a
few clouds and no moon, an experienced wateher may count abont
half a dozen meteors in an hour's time, but daring a shower he
usually sees many more. For the week of July 23 to 30, 194S. the
records of the Aincrican Meteorities Society. the Harvard College
Cwdd aien metrors, trom whien he ohhanned the radunts AMis
396g. 3270, and;3271 [9. p. 5211.

study of the side view ("windows." "cockpit." cte.) mnst have been
limited to the instant of passing. these disagreements are not re-
markable.
When Captain Chiles and Lieutenant Whitted reported their
frightening experience, the Air Force made a pronpt investigation.
Since Captain Chiles explicitly stated his belief that the UFO was
under intellgent control, the case requined careful consideration. A

jet job." [is] In the next few seconds, however, he changed his
mind about the identity of the object. As both men watched, the
brilliantly glowing unknown continued to approach with incredible
swiftness, apparently on a collision course; it seemed to veer slightly,
passed the plane on the right almost level with and parallel to the
fight path, then seemed to pall up sharply and disappear into the
clouds. Captan Chiles estimated that the object was in sight for
about ten seconds. The one passenger who was awake, sitting at
the right of the cabin, saw the light for only an instant as it flashed

5. Objects sinilar
Rocket-like objects capable immense opeed were seen during the past
2
b. A wingless airor ft was observed moving at high speed at Cbrechstreet,
Arnheim, The Hague, Hollond. The object was seen intermittently througt
6.
of the wing. This type of aft con moorted in the take-off
take-off took plac with the fuselage axis, or the
or neerly vertica attitude. The further oo sibility that w wxtensibl rotor, con-
cealed within ti
Jucn a
eoule muls ia a relatively l rge : 1517 elatively l rge dureti
C. Wnile no stabiliring fins were apparent on the re
corted by andvs it is poesible tnat vanes vitia t e erated by
groseryo systen could have provided statle stebility, longituiin directionally
and laterally. The Sene Vanes conld also L ve been uiad fir tatic
6me
wwortad Eann ta 2
wility
)W-dontrol
the fuselage. / OT 7-80200
1S DOCUMENT UTAVSFOQMATIONAFTECTINO THICNATIONAL DEFENSE CR THE UNTEO STATETWITHIN HNGOF NPONAGEACT,SOU SC
WID 2 ASAMENUEO. ITS TRANSMISSION OR TTE REVELATION IOF ITS CONTENIS IN ANY RANNFH THT UEDON S PROMIRISD SY AW
IT MVY NOT BF JBVCOUCED IN MHCLE OR IN PATT. OY OTNSR THAN UNITED JTATER AIR EOACL WEAN lude PNEYISDOEGTC
UNCLASSIFIED,
26

dtd 5 Jan 19l9
Subj: Projeot
"SIGU"
. ATS DSS lst Ind 2l Jan 19l9
HEADQUARTSES, A
Ington 25. D. c.
TO: Comranding Corsral. Ai- Matarial Corrand, 30n
Air Forcs Bass, Dayton, Chio
ATTN: MCLAXO
Investigationa by this headquarters reval that a synoptic.
weather balloon could have bear at
NorD roported in the following inoidenta. In compiling thia
the surfaoo and aloft at tho scheduled time or balloon release, and
the location of the nearsst weather station making balloon obser-
rations.
2 91 126
u m 93 118
XAPRES gL 155
25 105 166
28 113 169
36 115 172
FOR TIE WEATIER SERVICE
/3/ M. A. Host

propulsive syetem oe of ve uid apnear to be rocket engine.
The specific fuel d type would b rether high. This,
couoled witn the fact tha
particu-
lar gross weight. If this type of unidentified aerial object has extremely long rene
of
presently kmown ngines.
POWER SOURCES:
(a) The foregoing discussion is predicated upon the assumption that power
sources presently available would have to be used. If an ctomic
energy powered engine were available, a small mase flow at a ltrge
mental work in progrese to convert atomic pile direetl
to electricity, rather than heat. he promise of a more comact
atomic power plant.
e. It hos been establirhed by Project Rand investigations that verld re-
sources, technical attainnents and existing materials are adequote o periit con-
struction of a spece slip.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The flying anomaly observed, remains unidentified as to origin, construction
and power_source.
I
3.5 3. Supporting Supporting evidence from senarate from senarate reliable reliable sources establish e sources establish existence of existence of this
configuration.
4. An aircreft of
serodynanic means. serodynanie means,
side
Robert R./ineider
UNCLASSIFIED Captain, USAF
Prodeat
LLAEGLFIED AFTER 12 YEAS
DOD DIR 5200.10 T-30200
CTE THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INECRML EION APFECTOIC THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES W THIN THE MEANING OF YHE ESPIONAGE A CT, SI U S C-
SLAND AD ABANENDED ITS TRANAMISSION OR THE RE.ELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTORIFENYNOOCN
IF MAY VOT EE PNOOUCEO IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OV OTHER THAN LNITED STATES AIREORCE AGLNCIES EXCUT Y PLANSIONOFTH4 INISELIGENCL UA
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5,000 ft
Speed: 150 iPll indiceted airspeed
Alrveyst Mobile to Montgorery Ala
Corass Heuding: 10o to t00
Sstim-ted tine of arrival: Oc53 EST, Dordey Fld
At O 45, Q4 July 19l8, Gapt rinted a rei oxhaust glow frn some
"Lock, here comes a new Ar'y det Job." Ehe otject appro.rded in a slight
dive, deflected e little to tne left and passed the plsne on the right,
alnest level and psrallel to flight path, at a listence of eoproxitatelyone-
half riles. After passing, it unlled up very shsrnly md iintyesred into
a cloud. The descrietion is essentially ts followst
The object sopesred to be a wingless aircraft. loo ft lond, cigar-
shaprd and about tuice the diareter of a "B-dg".. It ned no fine or
nrotrudik surf cee. te trought it asd a 'sht" similar to a
radir pole on the front and he had the impression there wes A cubin
with windosg above mica lile a oilot exeert tnat
deecer in intensity (redder) and increcsed in length rs the objent
,ulled wu into a cloud. No disturbence wes felt fron, air veves, tor
waa tneraenr wash ae aiiellgryshnes N2T
LOt: Dr ainge by both oilots are in. fila tuder Ineliost ald
tr.10n
SNHIAIT 7
11
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soripti n akrx ciso indistel vialler cin y's or op ning.
de out tate te ohjat ps ed at ger ter di tance t ea i
Ho givte dg
tre entire rer se the tbjut rathr ten drn a nsI nevr grow rg an T
wider than the wilth of the ohje t itralf. tltaougn ho notieid the in-
cre sed lengts of the fl sp s tre object inollad ip". He st te it
evpeure jit ie.st h if the lengt of the s ip itselt or vovroxinntely 5o ft.
3
Both rilota otetee th Lrt ascler n'latrig t won ald
Cr 21 3ot Ait the at jel to be
A sight Pr-ieatelylotoi sec.t S
, . .
R.A. LS:ELLYS
XJ, USB D. 310
Blig
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Chiles and the then Ist Officer John
B. Whitted encountered a huge pro-
jectile-shaped device along the airway
nedr Montgomery, Alabama. Chiles
a and Whitted both agreed that it was
guence  lacpa about 100 feet in length, twice the
and woagne wots diameter of a B-29. Both men saw
two rows of windows or ports through
which a blue flourescent glow was
visible. The UrO, which they de-
scribed as a muchine traveling at 500
miles perhour or faster, veered sharply
as it neared then and both reported
68,00 7.00
100330

action necessary.
FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:
1 Incl TUSTIS L. POLAND
As stated Colonel, GSC
AC of 3, G2
DOWNGRADEDATEY
DELASSIFIHD AATN 12 IRAS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
in accord-
ence dated 25
FoR NO COAMUDING GENERLA
Lick 1, MocDt
1/2 UNCLASSIFIE GO1 nel, USAF
13 Chief, Intellizence Department

501ead
0245
5000
a hal, fl to
Hedigalost 242 hitue
lolite ligh
cocblit son glo
2 3 14i1
MeBemstaDcrtdian R

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Coild bs DC-3
155 1AS.
suhilte antgay gy16
C Coyon eling 50 C sighd 0245
5n0 oft alt 0253 Icnby Jid. ae.
2oih t5 fom aluntgrnle
lislenes abre mujly biy atove.
lonb otule
Til 1o to 15 ende.
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awande o
libe enld thie ilif
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5
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The windows were very ge and seemed scuare. They were white with
tyoe of comoustion. I estimate
that we watched the ob,ject a least 5 seconds and not more than 10
seconds. We heard no noise nor did we feel any from the
object. It seemed to be at eet.
I asked Capt. Oie what we had just seen be said that he didn't
know, Can ta then contacted the comany radio operator at Columbus,
Ga., and aksed him to contact LawsonFld at Ft t Beoning, Ga.. and find
ATATTAEITERVALS;
LASDIED ATTERSVEARS.
DOD DIR 6R00.10 UNCLASSIFIED
EXHIBIT A 1
18

ulled
and was lost from rough air
felt ss it passed.
After talking to the only pas time, he B8Y
only the trail of fire as it passed and pulled i clouds.
I called the company at any re-
ported jet army craft and requested if the ATC had any aircraft
102
DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD D1L 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIEC
19

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TO
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S.
A U
S.
L58E
DOWNGRADEDTAT S YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER IS YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
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LIGHTED 7 LARGE
is
.
OPENING
DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR INTE DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED ONCLED
EXH1E1T"A pope bofbpaes
21

-2$¢iDle approaches and data pertineot to suggast af least coe valia

+ ~—e*, ba ”~
4 ae ~ieat -

e July 1944

Alter extsnsive investigations and studies; anc consiceration

tothests or explanation to the sighting were exhausted «#- tie

lant waa appropriately classified as a true 'Unenown”,

tie ome

E Agent Report dtd 11 August 1948
2 26 July 1948)
Report

is drawing and A description also
indicatse 9
noet

atsly'eas-half ziles. Afuer peseisg. it yailed -
Ruth 0 8
d auphethei
Et

airoraft. Excerimental work in Drogress to con-
atomio pil to
electrieity, rather than heat, offer promise
of a more conpact atomic powerplant.
Conclusions: 1. the (lying anomaly observed, remains unidentified
as construction and power source,
2 A derinite trend eadings has as
generally south in bearing.
3. Supperting eridence from separate reliable
F-80200
33

could also contribute lift with this angement
tyoe of airor coulo partially sup-
ported in the take-off tical mponent
of the jet thrust, i the fuse-
lae axis, or the jet s
aftitude. The further possibility that an extensible rotor, concealed
ecast sature of the torpedo or oigar-shaped aircraft which were aishsed
by the t.rilae pilots, , ani othars, tns Ger3.7
sbapemeacs or possibilitias, whiin are incended so snow bnas suon an
airoraf't oould sucoort and control itself byaerodymamio means. The
propulsive syatem of this type of vehiole would aspear to he a jet or
rooket engine. The specifio fuel consumption of engines of this type
would he rather high. This, coupled with the fact that aerodyr

trailing burning fragnents." The tarrific so together
with the descrioticn of a multi-colored Iight trailing
mateor
D. COMUNTS
L. The only incident waich poosesses absolute intelligo
cance is incident fi. It is obvious that this object was not a meteor. There
has boen no evidence to smcort any findings of unreliability, nor have there
2. eathee reoorts sstabli:h ercas O7 viiibility --3 atated the
observers recorte,
iree tanthex
3.0O6e TOYE
at dbrechstreet, Arnbein, The Hague, iolland. The object
? was seen internittently throuh clowas and was rerorted
4 to have two d
i 10es
T802

indicate that this signting could not be the same as
l, yet the major cortion of
this testimony refers to a "blue white light'. Ob-
seryations in the first inatence describe a "blue glow"
from the groun Waen viewed
is logical to assune that the blue
slow would isible.
far-iistant
boiies for extended Deriods of tire, Objective
siee ie centingent u on (l) Mstance of the heaven-
1g body fron tce earth and (a) its masa. The
1210E7 "of disrte rance of a neteor ie lire a
niienly blindog otl.
3
T-80 C
30

some
20 niles couth of Montgomery, Alabama. The time
of the sighting was Ch July 1918
0245 57
that of Te &
vaittda describe the object as
In shape, emitted by 1t)
Al obeervers agree thattne cbject traveling in a
generel couther
nd rere offialally sade witain a period or
Hat voitii predlude iny cnance of fmnressicns
Sia aled frm radio or ieyspacer sgDort3,
COMSIEENTAL T80200
27

to iq, UAr, Neval and comnereial airlines by priority teletymes 2 Aug 1948
Florida, Mississigpi, Georgia, Jouth Cerolina. Tennessee and North Caroling.
Charts of these airaraft movements are subrnitted as iahibit "g".
commliance with Hn AHo letter dated 6 July lghs, the Gixtn Offics
to en serial phenomena reportedlg seen by various peorle within the 6th 051
were forvarded to the yerious cnicel
interpretati of the technologd nvolved.
DOUL AA
trend or pottern in regard to the agnorted si umntingt.
From this coart it is evidant toet taree or tossibly four
AC irata incidents vere involred:
T-802

Lar to that of" cth except that he did not observe a cockpit in front
catad vindows or openings on the side. He estimated the object passed
at greater distance than did Capt. maee He saw the "ethaust'" as a
) never growing any wider than the width
d the increased length of the
flaze as the objeet mmlled up".
insilant yas appropriataly olassifiod ss a true MUninaml,

a dull red exhaust some 7oo feet ahead, a little above and to the right of
the airllner.
Captain the pilot, inediately y turned to his co-pllot,
Tes
After passing, it pulled up
sharply and disappeared into a cloud.
shaped and about twice
42
wial predeminent about the outar edras. Prt ahought she flame flared
40

altitude of Sooo feet, This objeet vas flying
northeaes to soushwest sneedo?
2 10mst 500 wiles per hour. rmorted
thin to Nastern Air Linen Publloity Gontrol Offi-
nials on 23 Jaly 1948.
DOWNET
Do i8 (3laola)
Ho Os1 (3 Inela) 3
0s (hala) 7
AMCATIN 2
MCIAXO-3
APPROVED
bofg 144
3
DISTRICT COWMANDER UNCLASSIEIED
AFCSI FORM 4 RAFB 3-31-49-20,000
23 JULY 1948

and 26 July 1948
Analysis has maie of the compiled statements and other available
evidence of ench individual interrogated. The analysis was undertaken as
only one of 173 revorted i incidents witn an objective toward arriving at a
definite pattern or trend in order to deternine whether the objects re-
ported were domestic or alien origin, or a natural phenomena.
Project Officer
Special Projects Branch
Cperations Gection
Technical Intelligenc vision
Intelligence Department
APPROVED:
C. A. GRIFTINN W. R. OLINGERMAN
Chief, Operations Section Col nel, USAF
Technical Intelligence Hivision Chief, Technical Intelligence ivision
Intelligence Denartment Intelligence certment
Distrloutionov Originator:
FORM OCS17 113pus
4TH REV.
CLASSIFICATION
U. S. DOVERNMENT PRINTING OFPICE 16-12650-2
2
F802

MCIAXO-3 MCIAT 7 Dee 48 2
1. Pollowing comments are cogclusion number 4 of the attached
report:
a. It does not appear logical to bring in a ships
based on in lusions".
2/0 is3t yatyfor 6-6398
Toch Intelligonce Division P 2183
Intellirence Depirtment B 233
I
4
38

9. Distance of objoct from observor N/S
Timo in sight 3 seconds
11. Altitudo N/S
12 Spood meteoric
13. Diroction of flight Southerly
14. Tacties traveling hor izontally
15. Sound N/S
els Sketches or photographs None
25. Manner disappearance "dled out" in the distame
25, Romarks: (over)

77

10. Timo in sight N/S
11. Altitudo N/S
12. Speod terrific speed
13. Diroction of flight 2300
140 Tactics Trail covered laterally
15. Sourd N/S
76 Sizc N/S
21. Exhaust trails Seemed to e a jet or ro et trail
22 Woather conditions at 0230 at Bleckstone: 0/70 0 4G7 112/73/72/wsw
5/987. Greensboro and Raleigh ham 0/15 plus a
23. N/S
2Li None
25. N/S
25, Romarks:" (ovar)
.

in the vicinity of Blackstone, Va., who saw a very unusual meteor that
appeared to be on a bearing of about 2lo° from them traveling in a
southerly direction above but close to the horizon.
.

5. bocupation of Pilot and Co-pilot
N/S
6 Address of Atlanta Office of HAL
7. Placo of observation air - 20 miles south of Montgomery, Ala.
8. Mumber of objocts 1
9. Distanco of objoct 700 ft
10. Timo in sight 10 to 15 seconds
11. Altitude 5,000 ft
12. Speod
13. Diroction of flight
14. factics Pulled sharply with tremendous burst
(Atlanta Constitution
15 Soumd
22. Woathor conditions
at 6,000 ft
23. Befoct on clouds . N/S - pulled up into one.
2l. Sketches or 2 sketches
25 Disappeared into a cloud
26, Romarks: See attached statements.
C

was bright flame - he thought it wes probebly a light cherry red - although
the edges vere moe of a yellow fleme, He sbifted his position in his seet
for bstter observation, momentarily losing siaht of it. Then he saw it
sgain. He estimated the fleme to be about i/e ss far ebove the plene as the
plane was sbove the ground. He saw no ohysical shape - only a streck of
fleme moving in a streight line. The whole experience was nomentary so that
detailed observation was absent. He heard no sound but steted that the
vibration of the plane was much greater than normel and that it wes not possi-
ble to hear eny sound fr le gutsile.
3. In the interviaw Mr. stated to Maj Llewellyn that the
oamedoih
DOWNGRADED AT S ALRL
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 1
DOD DIR 620010
C3

.
Formor Supply Orfl er, USAF - did quita a bit of flying passenger
43 194
UNCLASSIFIEL

.

Atlanta, Georgia, 3s interriawed nd lnd the following datal
Cata of alghting 23 July 1048
Time of sighting 0340 bours
Plade of sighting 30 to 50 nilm souihmaes of
Wsntsomery, Alabaea Obeerver'a
coaision wes aockpit or
an Esstern Aiz Lines 3 as 39-
Identirled flging object.
Wusber of objeete Gne (1)
Calesttal chamonens None.
Diatange ON erver ObneTTer Lornrd and going
Sway view from aoous 3 milag
ampear-
anes,
Mreetion of fight
Esatian Cbjeet somenred to e travelins
In stradht or layel (igt os
ritht
ind in an gmeaite Mion to
MNGNADED APAYTM INTERYMY
WTRIEYEAR
UNCLASSIFIED

most ye information,
as indicated in ths umper left-band er of thia letter, This
facilitates 6ling nicetion.
46

letter of August 5, l948, your office symbol
ubject matter.
It is believed you were misiniormed as to which office might be able
to furnish you with the desired info:mation.
Alebama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
are all in the Second Region, with Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia;
the Address being as follows: Regional Administrator, Civil Aeronautics
Administration S4 Marietta Street, N.W., ATlenta, Georgia, Attention:
2 -2ec, In order to expedite receipt of the desired information by
your office we are forwarding your letter of August Sth to the Second
Region and reque ting that they supply you with the desired information.
+
47

Reference is made to your letter dated August 5, 194S,
Subject: Project "SIGN", aadressed to the'Regional
Administrator, Civil eronautics Administration, Chicago,
Illinois.
Enclosed please find copies of letters addressed to the
verious airlines, whicn are self-explanatory.
Very truly yours,
Chief, Air Carrier Operations
8

.
The Air laterial Gonmand is desirous of cbtaining all
Ilight sohedules of comeroial airorafs flown in the
ssissippi, Alabama, Temessee, North Garolin, Soush
Carolina, Georgia and Florida areas, on July 2J, and
Jaly 24y, l943, the type of airoraft flown, bine and
ton.
Pleare
ray be consolidated and forvarded to the Gonnandiag
Ceneral of She Air Kateriel Coumend.
.
a

Carolina, Georgia and Flori ida areas. on by 23, and
place of departure, and the tine and place of deatina-
tion.
Please reply to this office in order that your schedules
the Commanding
General of the Air Materiel Command.
Very truly yours,

- Carolina, deorgia and Florida areas, on July 23, and
July 24, 1948, tbe tre airoraft flow, tine and
plase of departure, ad place of deatina-
tlon.
Please that your sohedules
the Gouranding
General of the Air Materiel Comnand.

Clighi senodules
Lasissippi, Alabama, Tennsssee, North Carolins, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida areas, on July 23, and
July 24, 1948, the type of airerart flown, time and
and place of destina-
tion.
Plaasa reply to this office in order that your , schedoles
the Gommanding
Generel of the Air Vateriel Comand.

Mississippi, Alabana, Tennessee, North Carolina, South
July 24, 194d, the type of airerafs flow, time and
place of departure, and the tine and plage O5 destim-
tion.
Please radly tads oftice in order that your schedules
my be

flight sohedules of cownoreial aireraft flown in the
Mssissipoi, Alabama, Tannesaee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida areas, on July 2), and
July 24, 1948, the type of airerart flown, tine and
place of departure, and the of destina-
tian

Iffout on clowds Hone.
11ghbs The forvari two-thirdeof oylin-
drionl unidentified flytag objget
apreared to bave two vell derined
rowe of cabin lighte.
Supgert Je Mna
Froralsion Apeared to Se raanlt
power.
Contral Exdellent - vell coordinsted
gontle elisking turn into clouds
nrior to diaepnearence
Ms duets Bone obeerved,
reed As lesat 300 milee Day houry,
loand Sone audibla,
Knanar o7 iraproarenee Dinomeared isto alond bank to
rosr of odaerver, aftor alicht
clinbine tnrn.
fen ther
with 25 mile rar , Mgh - broken
noonlicht -
2A:173915303R3733
Carbain
.digana
Mlante, Jaocia
T7
DOD DIR 5200.10 3 -
5
UNCLASSIFIED
E

The Air Materiel Gommand is desirous of obtaining all
Cliaht sehedoles of comereial airoraft flow in the
Eisaissippi, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South
July 24, 1948, the type airoraft flow, tine and
of destina-
tion.
Please reply to your sahedules

.

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10: TO:
NANA FLORIDA
AROKLEY AR PORE BASE EROKLEYADPORCE BASE ALBERT WHITED COAST (UARD AIR BTATION ALBERT WHITED COAST GUARD AR STATION
LOBILE LOBILE ( SL. PATNSBRG 7 ST. PAIRSBRG 7
/AVY CANAL OALEO MILD BOLIN AIR FOFCS BASE
POLEY 2 TALPARISO
8
VGRAD AM FORCE BASE JACRSONILIE NA AL AR STATION
SELA 3 Jacks awiLLE G
CUNTER AIR L FORCE 2193 KET TEST NAVAL AIR STATION
ONTOMERY 4 KIY TEOT
10
HCIISVILEE ARSAIAL ODELL AIR FTOS ASE
PA 8144
MNELL AR PORGE BSE LLAHI NAAL AD SMIN
C EAI 12 (COITNUED)
G.G.ORC.O CONTROL OFFICE MAINTENANCE P&T SUPPLY BUDGET & OTHERS
FISCAL
COORDINATION
57

FROM: DATE
TO:
NAME, RANK AND TITLE OF AUTHENTICATING OFFICER
CLASS:
TELETYPE NO:
ELRIA (CONT) MLUIPI
J HUKIS ADZ BSE
ORLANDO 13 JACKO N 24
if PESACOL. HAVAL AIR STAIIN KEDLER ADR FORLE MASE
CHEVALIR - PEISACOLA 14 √ BILOKI 25
2)
PENSACOLA N A AR SATION PENSACOLANA AL AR SATIN √ KY AIR MSS (NAIINL OUARD)
MERIDIN MERIDLAN 6
√ TNMALL AIR FORCS LASE SOUTL CAROLEIA SOUTHL CAROLDIA
PANANA CITY 14
ANCRUN FIRMY STRIP ANCRUN FIRNY STRIP
OTRGIA GTRGIA FORE JADKS N 21 FORE JADKS N z1
ATLANTA ATLANTA YAL AM S.ATION HAYAL AM S.ATION CHNICARU AIR D.SE (HAITINAL GUARD) CHNICARU AIR D.SE (NAITINAL GUARD)
ATLANTA 17 17 GOLIMBIA S
CHATIANAA (HMTIOIL CUARD) √ GRENVILLE AIR PORCE BASE
SAVAIAN A GRIZIVILLE 24
LANSO AR PROR ISE √ SHAW AIR FRCE BASE
SUITER 270
J MARDSTAL AR OPCE BS ENSSEE
MARIETTA 20
5 NAVAL AIR STATION
ROBINS AIR NOB ASE TOPHIS 31
ACON 21
HOMECROLIA
TUNR Am CRO3 DASE 32
ALANT CHERRY PODT, VGAS, MO CAROLCIA
AD FRDE ASE 15 33
CAia LTIA ELIZA3EIN S CUARD N.C.
C G OR CONTPOL OFFICE MAINTENANCE P O SUPOLY BUDGET FISCAL + OTHERS
COORDINATION
C 5e

C.G.ORC.O. CONTROL MAINTENANCE P&T SUPPLY BUDGET & OTHERS
OFFICE FISCAL
COORDINATION
0
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PRIORITY TELETYPE MESSAGE
ROUTINE OMMAND TELETYPE NETWORK
MULTIPLE ADDRESS AIR SERVICE
6ZH/dw
FROM: AC DATE 2 AUGUST LS R. R. CLDIGETAN
COLONBL, USAF SRAD
CUIF, VECH DNELLIGONGE DIV
TO: NATIONAL ADLINES DITELIGENCS OEP RTONT
JACKI EVILL', FLORIDA 027 NAME, RANK AND TITLE OF AUTHENTICATING OFFICER
CLASSAX
N2
TELETYPE NO: MOIAX-3
PEATT
UIB HADQUANTRS IS M NED OF TEOLIWIIG G IFOPAR N FROM YUR ACTNITY:
TDCS OF ALL SCRDUED ALRLUE I FLIDTS D US MSSLSIPPI, AANA,
ON RENTY-FOURN JULY L9LS, AND TE MPE OF AIRCRAPT FLAN OR AGH FLICHT. SINED
TECNIOAL INTLLIONCE DIVLIAI. K
G.OR C. O CONTROL OFFICE MAINTENANCE P&T SUPPLY BUOGET 3 FISCAL OTHERS
COORDINATION
0
60

+
C.G.ORC.O CONTROL MAINTENANCE P&T SUPPLY BUDGET & OTHERS
OFFICE FISCAL
COORDINATION

ROUTINE TELETYPE NETWORK
MULTIPLE ADDRESS
S21/dw
FROM: MNC DATE 2 Augst L6
T. F. CLECFAN
GOLNT, 5F
37 CH CCH PTELLICNCE DIV
TO: DELIA AIRLDITS
ATLANA MUIOIPAL ADPPT NAME. RANK AND TITLE OF AUTHENTICATING OFFICER
ATLANTA, GEROIA .
CLASSI
TELETYPE NO: 1OLAIO
MD MADARRS D UND PUETOLNIGDOS WO RWTR OTIY
SIOLD TXNI L BNT ILICNOR DMISION.
C.G.ORC. O. CO NTROL MAINTENANCE PaT SUPPLY HUDGET * FISCAL OTHERS
OFFICE
COORDINATION

130 + .
RR VEDC
7:50
FN UES 527/CG MOAMA DR0OKLEY AFB ALA D21D88Z
TO CG ANC VRIGHT PAT AFB DAYTON OKIO
AF GRNC
C
B-2S AIRCRAFT ARRIVED DROOKLEY D012
CST FROM AFD AIR SPEED CLI
S-26 AIRCRAFT
DEPARTED JROMKLSY O122
+

Ability to daternine Treellent
Fellability IerTer During the war, observer was a
Is. Gol, Pilst, U3a7, in a com-
mond capedity on the Asgensian
Ialands, vith mss egperience
In judging and idontifying air-
ornft.
4ns04 with
Ceatern Atr Lines. 9* un-
cown.
Uimovs, Ohio
Katel Captain stated during the douree of the iaterview thnt
he hss never aighted any unideatified flying objeet et any then ab
6340, 23 Jwly 1949,
-Ixpim -

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05047
an UEDC
rO cC AMC WRIGHT PA CKIO KS
6 2
AF GRNC

12 UOLY
0 33
FH UMS INCO 3OAO AU VO CEIO ARD ALA NMID
( TO ULDH/OS EOTLS AC UION ATILONATS CHOA MOINCE3
AF 2330
REUAE MOIAYO-7-S PD EMSSEE MEPOMT 1O SOAITISD YO AICUFT AE
OR OINATO DETEETATTPOR MADND MD MIOPIN NUDED HOU
THENY FOURT JLT CAMAT PD EO OAFO-D-S-A SIOD MNDY
Cr1es I01ato-7-9 CA7D-32--60
2/13353
65

RR UEDC
FM UEANL 1/CO GUNTER AF BASS MONTGOMERY ALA BAZD0OZ
TO UEDC/CG AMC ATTN MCIAXO-3
AF GRNC
GAFB-15 PD REURTEL MCKAXO-7-5 PD NO AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS OR DEPARTURES
BXTVEEN HUNDRED TVEN JULY 1948
:
66

for 5
WUADS3 GOVT PD HUNTSVILLE ARSENAL ALA AUC 2 SMP
Yoe COMRANDING GENERAL AIC
WRIGNT AF DASE ATIN MCIAXOGAS
iw 2
REURIT 3 AUG NEG REPORT SUBMITTED CNLIA 1
NCMILLIN ILLE ARSENAL.
MCIATOGAE 2 CMLHA 41 REURTT.

ATTN: MCIAXO-3
quarters, is a report Attached hereto, in compliance with TWX
betveen 24o0 and of traffie to and fron MOIAXo-7-5, your head-
July 1948. xwell Air Force Bese
FOR THE COMM OFFICER:
68

OUTDOUND TRANSDENT ATRGRAFT LOG :
ATRPLANE
& NUNDER DATE PILIT TRUE AIR
DEPARTEO FOR SPEED DEP AR REMARES
6-47, 7270 7=24 Lt Gol Hollingsworth Mitchel
(B/G Randall) 160 0221 0741 0655 Home Stnr
B-25, 8850 7024 Lt Col Croom San Salvador
Belling 205 0052 0412 0405 Bolling
0-82, 7735 7o 24 lst Lt For
MaoDill 180 0142 0357
0405 Greenville, S.C
INBOIND
AIRPLANE
& NUBER DATE PLOT TEUL AL
DEP. FROM SPEED DEP. ETA ARh. HEMARKS
7 0-47, 7276 7=23 Lt Col Hollingsworth
(B/G Randall) . Kelly 160 2115 0115 01393 San Salvador
P-6, 5701 Clark 24ch
7023 Jackson Unknown 2316 0041 0035.

FM EENG 017 CO CGA1 1T PETE FLA 0117302
TO COMOLN NO ANC URIGINT
GRNC
ATTENTION PANEN MCI-AXO PAREN X NEUR VETTERN UNION MESTAGE X.
CNE LUPCONDE NO-E3ISK DUPANTED OSON JA JULY FOR MENPHI TEIN X
TOSAIR PED MOO IPHL LADE5TOIFHIYTNSO R JULY SNOTOTER
ALDCRAST DEPANTED OR LANDED ALBCRT JUIILED FLO DETIEEN NOURS IN
CUESTION AS FAR AT IN KNOUN 7
CFN NC-2S1DX OD0O M TPP CNEP IR
PUKPECT AUG DENG

#
On ULD
ArA TLA 32/5T J
EGLSN APO TO HIAUL DEPTD 2311 CSt 230D JULY 40 AVD 011S CST
A8 TR PECO 263 CLYADCMAPT FDMAOPS
DAEDNDS THIO PURIOT
3 71

E379
TEC
TO CG AMC WRIGHT BASE OHIO
C GRNC
ATTENTICN NCIAXO-2 REUR 3I1917Z THREE DEPARTIRES CLN AT DO22 R5D DE-
PARTED FOR NORFOLX VA TAS CMA AT DA33 RSD DEPARTED FOR GUANTANAMO
DAY CUBA TAS 1C5 CMA AT BA21 JRD DEPARTED D FOR ANACOSTIA DC TAS
165 00 ARRIVALS
CFN NC1AXO-3 311917Z 3022 R3D 210 PPEE R5D 135 PRVO 2 163
91/1730Z

FH EENKI/GAT KE3T FLA D1OD17Z
TO CO K AMC ATTN OPEH OF2 JRICIT T PAT AF DATE OUIO
GRNC
REFUR 3IISA72 X NO AIRCRAFT ARDIVALS ON DEPARIUNLT TNIY STUTION FOR L
PEHNS DAATO CXGH JOEY

-3-
7 UNCLASSIFIED

CY32
RR UEDC
+
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TO CG AMC WRIGH DAYTON ONIO
AF GRNC
02/1600Z
7
.

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FFIC -
75
4

DAN22 0A0 23
PP UEDC -
AM UEMO 1/CO OAFB ORLANDO FLO J21543Z
ATTI TTERSON AFD OHIO Sr 1107
TO UED
AF GRNC
RDF 1 TWX MCIAXO-7-5 DTD 511917Z PD C-A7 CMA 9345 ARRIVED
OR DS11 FROM MAXWELL AF3 CMA C-47 CMA 934S DEPARTED OR
8050 PD PALN BEACH FLA CMA AIR SPEED 15J CLN C-A7 6377 DEPARTED
SPEED 150 PD SOD DOUNGES OPRA HONS OFF
END W. 03 C
2-711
934s 3050 6377
15a
C

PP UEDLY
FH DE P 73/COXMNTD PUCLA FLA O231DAZ
TO CO 1O ANO VRICHT PATTEION AFD CHIO
MAVY CMNC
ATTLITION LOTAXO-A X UMTEL DTD E AUG X NO DEPARTRESX CIE AMIVAL
MATC RSD DEPARTED COMPUS CHMIOTIE AMAIVED CALTLEY FILLD OMAS OST
75.990
CFU -3MRSD 0445 WPP
N

2P
FH OE P. MAZCOMANDER MAVAL AIR TOAIMINO, DASE. PICLA FLA IIONOS C
OOTK
MAVY GONC
78

6
S0-32
RR UEDLY UEDLY
FM UANM 1S/CG TYNDALL AFB TM UANK 16/CG TYNDALL AFB TYNDALL FLD FLA 0221002
TO UEDLY/CG TO UEDLY/CG HEADQUARTERS UARTERS IGH RSCH IRIGHT FIELD' RIGHT FIELD' OHIC CHIC
AF GRNC AF GRNC
,
ATTN MCIAXP-3
TYA-AS-SO PD BEF TWX MCIAXO DASH SEVEN DASH FIVE CHA NC AIRCRAFT •
ARRIVED OR DEPARTED TYNDALL AF BASE TNENTY FOUR JULY CNE NINE -
FOUR EIGHT DETVEEN THE HOURS ZIRC ONE AND ZERO FIVE ZERO
ZERO PD END LACEY E
3222037
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TO VEDC/ CS ANC WRIGNT PAT AFO ONIO TTN NCIAXO-3 04 9.97
NF GRIC
MAFUE-AU-S-A REUR TWX MOIAKO DASN SEVEN DASH FIVE PD A NEGATIVE REPORT
IS SUDNITTED PD END
2316057 A
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UNCLASSIFIED
R

MCI
RE34KK
DAA72 NFOR
HR UEDC
FM AEM 176B/WRAMA R0BINS AFB GA 022138Z M0-20
TO UEDC/CG AM0 WRIGH RIGHT FLD OHIO
AF GRNC
MREO-8-12 PD REURTEL MCIAXO-7-5 CMA CHARLIE DASH FOUR SEVEN NO SIX SIX
NINE SIX ARRIVED THIS STATION AT ZERO ONE ZERO SEVEN HOURS FROM RENO PD
TRUE AIRSPEED ONE SIX ZERO PD CHARLIE DASH FOUR SEVEN NO SIX SIX NINE
SIX DEPARTED THIS STATION FOR OLMSTEAD AT ZERO HOURS PD TRUE
AIRSPEED END
CFM WREO-8-12 MCIAXO-7-5
9

Roforence your TX wolalc-7-5, dated 3l July 19he, requesting de-
parturs and arrival of airgraft, this Sase, E4 July l9ld, a negative
roport is subaitted.
FOR THE COMANDIMO CFFISR:
12201
B. M. THOMPSON
Major, UAP
Adjutant
657

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UEDCAEC CMC
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FSR NO IAMC-3 1
1937/ 1:0.
LIST CF AIRCDAFT DEPARTING PCP -
JULY 106Y A ND SUCNITTED
CFHe•: PBaCP-903A ANC TUX IAX 0-7-9 2490 3503 24 t40
86

ar 24
C
-
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TO CESCYCO UCADOUNMTERD AO ORIOH PAT A7 DOSD OHZO MTCI7C-2
AFTIC
31A6UZ -
.
2 57

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1
FM UECDK 46SCG KEESLER AFB KEESLER FLD MISS 042135Z FOR
G5 10:15
TO CG AMC WRIGHT CELD OHIO
AF GRNC
L-1-8103 PD REURTUX ARRIPALS DEPARTURES S END
t6
CFN G-i-gt03
WPRXWWOEZ

four hundred and O5oo hours 2h July l948, type airoraft, destination,
trie airspeed and time of arrival of all aircraft between tventy-four
hours and Os00 hours 24 July l948, type of departura
and true air speed.
2. No military
the aubject period.
For the Cormanding Officer:
WILLARD B. GRACE
Gapt. AC, Mias. BG
Operations Officer

RR UEDLY 10 13
816 5
SUSP DULPE/
EM UEAJ G/ CCIMANDING GENERAL FCRT
TO COMIANDING GENERAL MEADOUARTERS ANC WRIORT PATTETSCN AIR BASE
CHIC
D GRNC
REUTT NCIAXC-7-5 CA NO RIVALS DEPARTURES DURING THE PERICO
CCVERED IN S

E 18:6 3
BA2
RR LEDC
FM LEMLIV Co 3ISTH TC WG GAFB GREENVILLE S C O3I37N3
-TO-LEDO/CG AIR-MATERIAL CONMARD ATTH MCI
PpArTEasOnAFgd
AF GRNC
ADGOP 31 DEEE 31 PD RELR MCIAXO-7-5 PD *

9
IR UEDC
FM UEMLS S/2OTH FTR MNG S1 WAFB S00AR/T31230Z
TO UEDZOG ANC WRIGHT PIT 70 URIGHT FIELD ONIO/ TTN: NCIAXO-3)
AF GRNG
C ADO
1 i
+ .

RR UEDC
.
17 10
FM BESD 1/NAS MPU TENN D1DOD1Z.
TO CG ANC WRIG
. NAVY GRNC
REFUR 3119172 X NO AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS OR D DEPARTURES THIS STATION
BETWEEN 2490 AND 9500 24 JULY 1948
CFN 2100012 311917Z 2400 0300 24 1948
G1799o1z52rstEE-91/00312 AUG BESD
93
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