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This Project Blue Book case file, digitized by the Internet Archive, covers Incident 144: two Eastern Airlines pilots reported that a wingless, cigar-shaped object with a flaming exhaust passed their DC-3 about 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama, on 24 July 1948. The file includes an OSI interview with a Robins Air Force Base employee who saw a similar object, negative aircraft traffic reports from many bases, and later correspondence. A December 1948 intelligence report found fairly consistent descriptions across four related sightings.
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 24 July 1948 Incident # 1111 2. Time 0245 3. Location 20 miles south of Montgomery, Ala. 4. Name of observer Pilot 5. Occupation of observer Pilot and Co-pilot (EAL) Mr. 6. Address of observer Atlanta Office of EAL 7. Place of observation air-20 miles south of Montgomery, Ala. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer 700 ft 10. Time in sight 10 to 15 seconds 11. Altitude 5.000 ft 12. Speed 500 to 700 MPH (See Atlanta Constitution-25 July 48) 13. Diroction of flight southwest toward Mobile and New Orleans 14. Tactics Pulled up sharply with tremendous burst of flame (Atlanta Constitution-25 July 43) 15. Sound none 16. Sizo 100 ft long and about twice the diameter of a "B-29" 17. Color N/S 18. Shapo Cigar-shaped 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/5 21. Exhaust trails red-orange flame with blue fluorescent glow running underneath the object 22. Weather conditions at 6,000 ft full moon, clear with broken cloud coverage of 4/10 25. Effect on clouds N/5 - pulled up into one. 21. Sketches or photographs 2 sketches 25. Manner of disappearance Disappeared into a cloud 26. Remarks: See attached statements.
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