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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”6 pages
SUBJECT: Project "SIGN" CHARACTER: Special Investigation DATE: 9 Sep 48 FILE NO: 333.5 (24-1) DETAILS (Cont'd) 2. 33. How long have you worked here? A. 33. Sizao September 1947. 2. 34. When did you get out of the Air Force? A. 34. I was discharged in March 1947 as an enlisted reserve Book Sergeant engineer. Q. 35. Is there anything further you would like to add to aid in this evaluation? A. 35. The Sir. During the Battle of the Bulge, a Sergeant and myself were on guard duty and saw something that resembled this object in question. We later found that we had witnessed the launching of a German V-2 rocket. It carried a stream of fire that more or less resembled this object. This object looked like rocket propulsion rather than jet propulsion, but the speed and size was much greater. Q. 36. Did the altitude, speed, and size of this object have any similarity to a meteor or shooting star? A. 38. No Sir. They more or less kidded me about it and was informed that Flight Service wanted to see me. A. 36. No 31r. A. 37. It looked like a rocket and was the shape of an XS-1. It was too large for an XS-1. By final conclusion was that it was energized by rocket propulsion. 2. 37. What else did you associate your thoughts with when you first saw this object? Q. 38. Were you excited when you told the other people about this object? . 39. Who did you talk to in Flight Service? A. 39. I talked to a man over the interphone system but did not know his name. He wanted to know whether I was a civilian or military and asked me a few questions. I think Flight Service turned it over to Air Defense Command the next morning.
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