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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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# UNCLASSIFIED Incident 144, 144 a and o -- page 2 voluminous collateral material is the report of a qualified Koins air tape observer, who stated that he saw a cylindrical object trailing a red flash of fire, but did not discover any windows or a double deck; (admittedly, from the ground no would have had less opportunity to do so). The time of his observation is exactly one hour earlier, if both times are given in 60f (as is stated). It is interesting to note, however, that -econ, doorgin, and -ontgoery, Alabama, are both on the line of flight as described by the lent- gory observers. if those two sightings refer to the same object, there are two possible interpretations: One is that the object was some type of aircraft, regardless of its bizarre nature. The distance between Napoleon and Montgomerie is approximately 200 miles. From all reports the object was travelling definitely faster than 200 mph, so would have covered the distance between the two points in much less time than that noted. (The schedule is, of course, correct for an ordinary aircraft.) The other possible explanation is that the object was a fireball, in which case it would have covered the distance from them to London in a matter of a minute or two. If the port- memory on survivors had been using daylight savings time (do not juggle,
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