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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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TRANSLENT AIRCRAFT LOG OUTBOUND TRANSLENT AIRCRAFT LOG AIRPLANE & NUMBER DATE PILOT DEPARTED FOR TRUE AIR SPEED DEP. LTA ARR. REMARKS C-47, 7276 7-24 Lt Col Hollingsworth (B/G Randall) Mitchel 160 0221 0741 0655 Home Stn: San Salvador B-25, 8850 7-24 Lt Col Groom Bolling 205 0052 0412 0405 Bolling C-82, 7785 7-24 1st Lt Fox MaoDill 180 0142 0357 0405 Greenville, S.C. INBOUND AIRPLANE & NUMBER DATE PILOT DEP. FROM TRUE AIR SPEED DEP. ETA ARR. REMARKS C-47, 7276 7-23 Lt Col Hollingsworth (B/G Randall) Kelly 160 2115 0115 0139, 24th San Salvador T-6, 5701 7-23 Clark Jackson Unknown 150 2316 0041 0035, 24th C-82, 7785 7-24 1st Lt Fox Little Rock 180 No PX 0045 Greenville, S.C.
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