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This Air Intelligence Information Report was issued by the Technical Intelligence Division at Wright-Patterson AFB under Project SIGN and dated 20 December 1948. It analyzes reports of unidentified flying objects seen on 24 and 26 July 1948 across Alabama, Georgia and Virginia, among them the cigar-shaped object that Eastern Airlines pilots Chiles and Whitted saw near Montgomery. The report treats some of the sightings as meteors. It concludes the Chiles-Whitted object was not a meteor and remains unidentified as to origin, construction and power source.
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# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Flying Object Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia Tech Intelligence Div. Intelligence Dept. Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio 20 December, 1948 24 and 26 July 1948 A-2 Robert R. Snelder, Captain, USAF U. S. Citizens Proj. "SIGN" ltr. Dept. of the AF. Hq USAF. dated 30 Dec 47 "Flying Discs" Detailed interrogations have been completed of persons reporting undetermined flying objects in the vicinity of Montgomery, Alabama, 24 and 26 July 1948, between the hours of 2130 and 0245. Analysis has been made of the compiled statements and the other available evidence of each individual interrogated. The analysis was undertaken as only one of 219 reported incidents with an objective of arriving towards a definite pattern or trend in order to determine whether the objects reported were of domestic or alien origin, or a natural phenomena. COMMENTS: Analysis of data under Incident #144 reveals that four separate cases are involved: one having occurred on 24 July 1948 and the others on the 26 July 1948. A preponderance of evidence is available to establish that in almost all cases an unidentified object was seen within the times stated and on the same dates over an extended area pursuing a general course South. Descriptions as to size, shape, color and movements are fairly consistent. APPROVED: Awkmuton Robert G. Schneider ROBERT R. SNEIDER R: A. LLEVELLYN Major, USAF Actg Chief, Operations Section Tech Intelligence Division Intelligence Department Project Officer Special Projects Branch Technical Intelligence Division Intelligence Department APPROVED: V. R. CLINGERMAN Colonel, USAF Chief, Technical Intelligence Division Intelligence Department DOWN DECEMBER 12 YEARS DULF DIR 5200.10 T-80200 4- (Orig. & 3 dup) Dir of Intell. Rq USAF 1- Chief, Intell Dept, MCI 1- Chief, Tech Analysis Div, MCIAT 1- Ofc of Chief of Naval Opns, Attn: QNI
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