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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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ARTS DSS 1st Ind 21 Jan 1949 HEADQUARTERS, AIR HEATHER SERVICE Andros Air Force Base, Washington 25, D. C. TO: Commanding General, Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio ATTN: MC LAXO Investigations by this headquarters reveal that a synoptic weather balloon could have been at the location where sightings were reported in the following incident. In compiling this list consideration was given to the wind direction and speed at the surface and aloft at the scheduled time of balloon release, and the location of the nearest weather station making balloon observations. 2 52 91 126 3 72 93 118 4 73 94 155 25 76 105 166 28 81 113 169 36 87 115 172 FOR THE CHEF AIR WEATHER SERVICE 2. Incla: n/o /3/ W. A. West W. A. WEST Lt. Col., USAF Adjutant General
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