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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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PRIORITY ROUTINE MULTIPLE ADDRESS # TELETYPE MESSAGE AIR SERVICE COMMAND TELETYPE NETWORK SZH/db DATE 30 JULY 248 TO: BOOK ENTRAGE - 5126 BELOW ## XCX55X TELETYPE NO: MOTAXO-7-5 REQUIRED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BE FORWARDED TO CG, HEADQUARTERS ATC, ATTENTION ICIAXO-3, TIME OF DEPARTURE OF ALL AIRCRAFT FROM YOUR DATE 3 TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND 0500 THOUSAND MONTHS MONTH JULY 1918, TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION, TRUE AIR SPEED: TIME OF AIRTVAL OF ALL AIRCRAFT BREAKEN 21:00 AND 0500 BY URS TWENTY-FOURTH JULY 1918, TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, POINT OF STARTING, TRUE AIR SPEED. SIGNED TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION TO COMMAND OF FICERS OF THE FOLLOWING PASES, ATTENTION OPERATIONS OF VICER ## ALABAMA BROOKLYN AIR FORCEBASE MOBILE NAVY CANAL OUTLYING YIELD POLEY CRAIG A DT FORCE BASE SKLXA CENTER AIR FORCE BASE MONTGOMERY HUNTSVILLE ARSQUAI HUNTSVILLE VAXNELL AIR FORCE BASE FLORIDA ALBERT WHITED COAST GUARD AIR STATION ST. PATRISBURG BOLEN AIR FORCE BASE VALPARAISO JACKSONVILLE NAGAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE G KEY WEST NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST MODLL AIR FORCE ASSE TAMPA ILA-I NATAL AID SAVIION WALCI 12 (CONTINUED) C.G.OR.C.O CONTROL OFFICE MAINTENANCE P&T SUPPLY BUDGET&FISCAL OTHERS
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