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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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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION FILE NO. 24-46 DATE 16 November 1949 TITLE: SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT ON 21 August 1948 at Montgomery, Alabama REPORT MADE BY EDWARD SIBER REPORT MADE BY DO #8, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. PERIOD 2 November 1949 OFFICE OF ORIGIN DO #8, Maxwell AFB, Alabama STATUS CLOSED CHARACTER SPECIAL INQUIRY - UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT APPDI Letter #85, dated 21 August 1949 EXPLAINS: Report of DO #6 indicated that the interview of Captain Eastern Airlines Pilot, Atlanta, Georgia, described that his sighting the 25 July 1948, did not occur on the same day as that reported by the 21st of August 1948. No other pertinent information was developed and all outstanding leads have been investigated, therefore this report is considered closed by this office. CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED BY AUTHORITY OF THE HISTORIAN 4 DEC 1975 CO, ANC 2 Hq OSI 2 DO #6 2 DO, Maxwell AFB 2 DO #5 (Info) 1 File 2 Commanding General Air Materiel Command Weight-Patterson AFB, Ohio Hq ANC, ATTN: MO1AX0-8 APPROVED: PATRICK W. BAYES Lt. Colonel, USN
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