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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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People all over the country seeing objects.

Mrs. Noah Atkinson of Brookhaven, Georgia saw object.

C. M. Bowles, an Exposition Killa painter who lives near airport also saw object in past.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR IMPROVAL 31

DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.

DOD DIR 5200.10

Cases discussed

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