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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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Type of Luminosity Noted Type of Exhaust Trails Noted Sound(s) Noted Maneuvers Performed Manner of Disappearance Unusual Features Intelligence Eval. Blue Glow Above Lower Frame Tail Cone Flame Longer than Object None Level Flight Like Normal A/c A-2 Bright Glow From Within Blue Glow Underneath So' Flame Shooting From Rear None Level Flight Pull Ed up into Clouds Pulled up into Clouds A-2 “Same As Above” “Same As Above” None “Same As Above” Not Stated A-2 “A Steak of Light” Bright Flame at Yellow Cherry Red Edges None Straight Up Up into Clouds A-2 Not Stated Like Jet or Rocket Trail None 80°-90° Lateral Arc Not Stated A-2 Not Stated Bright Meteor Not Stated Traveling Horizontally Died Out A-2 Blue White Light Not Stated None Climb, Sharp Turn to South Sharp Turn to South A-2 Red Light Not Stated Not Stated Bobbing & Weaving, Up & Down Not Stated B-2 Luminous Glow Not Stated Not Stated Up & Down Not Stated B-2 Bluish Light Slight Trail None Bobbing & Weaving Normal A/c A-2 Light Even Distributed Not Stated Not Stated Level Plane Not Stated B-2 Brilliant G Tail Redish-Blue Trailing Light Not Stated Straight Line Slight Slant Trees Blocked View B-2 Brilliant Blue-White Followed By Another Ball Not Stated Level Plane Gradually Disappeared B-2 Green Light Silver Colored Tail None Steady Flight Losing Altitude Lost Altitude Like A/c, Light Faded B-2 Green Light Silver Colored None Same As Above Same As Above B-2 Green Light Silver Colored None Same As Above Same As Above B-2 Green Light Silver Colored None Same As Above Same As Above B-2 Brilliant Burning Fragments None Level Plane Not Stated Do Not Burn Out Like Star A-2 Blue Glow Along Lower Frame Long Tail Cone Exhaust No Sound Level Pull Up Long Wingless Cuboidical Beginning A-2
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