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1948 07 9670642 20Mi SofMontgomery Ala 144 (Project Blue Book case file)

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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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Headquarters, Air Nateriel Command, Wright-Patterson, AF Base, Wright-Field, Ohio

Attention: Colonel W. R. Clingerman, USAF Chief, Technical Intelligence Division, Intelligence Department.

Subject: Project "SIGN".

With reference to your letter of August 5, 1948, your office symbol ICIANO-3, concerning the subject matter.

It is believed you were misinformed as to which office might be able to furnish you with the desired information. The States of Mississippi, Alabama, 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 84 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia, Attention: 2-280. In order to expedite receipt of the desired information by your office we are forwarding your letter of August 5th to the Second Region and requesting that they supply you with the desired information.

Very truly yours,

Jas. H. Douglas Supt., Flight Operations Branch, Third Region

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