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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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b. To exclude irrelevant factors in a systematic manner, the information presented in Exhibit "H" is presented in the order of occurrence and significance. ## (1) Incident #1 a. Object was sighted 24 July 1948 between 0140 and 0150 EST from the ground at Robins Air Force Base, Macon, Georgia. b. Object was again sighted from an altitude of 5,000 feet by while flying a DC-3 some 20 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama. The time of the sighting was 24 July 1948 at approximately 0245 TST. c. Both the sighting and that of and describe the object as "cigar" or "cylindrical" in shape. (McKelvie perceived only the glow emitted by it) d. All observers agree that the object was traveling in a general southerly heading and that it was trailed by a flame varying in color and that it behaved like a normal craft insofar as disappearing from the line of sight was concerned. NOTE: It is a known fact that atmospheric conditions such as varying degrees of humidity and incidence of light re fraction often influence the color of the light observed. This would serve to explain why many observers conflict in their descriptions as to color of light displayed by the object or its trail. e. Four witnesses to this sighting are involved; three are trained observers. In no instance were there any indications of subversive or ulterior influences involved. f. Both the account and that of and were officially made within a period of time that would preclude any chance of impressions being gained from radio or newspaper reports. ## (2) Incident #2 Object #2 was observed by and at 0230 hours 24 July 1948, while airborne, between Blackstone, Virginia, and Greensboro, North Carolina. This sighting is considered separately since the descriptions of speed as "meteoric" or "terrific", the manner of travel described as an arc or horizontal, and the fact that it "faded like a meteor" seem to indicate that the object seen was not the one observed in Incident 1. ## (3) Incident #3 This object was observed between 2100 and 2300 hours 26th July 1948 at Chamblee, and Augusta, Georgia, by observers
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