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This material from the Haines papers at the American Heritage Center contains US Air Force Office of Special Investigations reports from November 1949. They cover a special inquiry into unconventional aircraft. An Eastern Air Lines captain was interviewed in Atlanta on 6 October 1949. He described a wingless, cigar-shaped object with two rows of lighted windows and a red flame, seen at 0340 on 23 July 1948 southwest of Montgomery, Alabama. A follow-up report closed the inquiry.
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TITLE: SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; CHARACTER: SPECIAL INQUIRY - UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT; FILE NO: 24-135; DATE: 2 November 1949 Occupation 1st Pilot - Eastern Air Lines. Place of business Atlanta Office - Eastern Air Lines. Partinent hobbies Photography. Ability to determine Excellent Reliability of observer During the war, observer was a Lt. Col. Pilot, USAF, in a command capacity on the Ascension Islands, with vast experience in judging and identifying aircraft. formerly with Eastern Air Lines. Lidross unknown. Total Captained during the course of the interview that he has never sighted any unidentified flying object at any time other than at 0310, 23 July 1948. REFERRED COMPLETED
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