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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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P PRIORITY X ROUTINE MULTIPLE ADDRESS # TELETYPE MESSAGE AIR SERVICE COMMAND TELETYPE NETWORK FROM: 8211/03w DATE 2 August, 193 H. M. MeCOY TO: COMMANDING OFFICER PATICKET TRIVER NAVAL AIR STATION PATICKET, MARYLAND CLASS. COLONEL, 1754B CHIEF OF INVOLUNTARY CE NAME, RANK AND TITLE OF AUTHENTICATING OFFICER TELETYPE NO: CIAXO-6-14 REQUEST THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FLIGHT OF THE LOCKHEED CONSTITUTION, NUMBER ONE SIX FOUR, FROM MOFTETT FIELD, CALIFORNIA TO YOUR STATION: TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM MOFTETT, TIME OF ARRIVAL, TRUE AIR SPEED, COURSE PLOTT. REPLY TO CG, HEADQUARTERS A/C, ATTENTION HCIAXD-3, SIGNED TECHNICAL DEVISION C.G.OR C.O. CONTROL OFFICE MAINTENANCE P&T SUPPLY BUDGET&FISCAL OTHERS
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