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Project Blue Book case file, Chiles-Whitted (PDF)

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This Project Blue Book case file, released through The Black Vault, collects records on the 24 July 1948 sighting by two Eastern Airlines pilots of a wingless object about 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama. It contains teletype replies from military bases reporting no aircraft movements, a 1948 Project Sign special investigation report with an interview of a Robins Air Force Base witness, and a December 1948 intelligence report. It also includes newspaper extracts, a Harvard College Observatory letter and Hynek's Project Grudge evaluation index.

  • p. 60 …The Navy's largest airplane, the 92-ton Lockheed Constitution, taxis into the Naval Air Station…
  • p. 125 …CIAXO-6-14 REQUEST THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FLIGHT OF THE LOCKHEED CONSTITUTION, NUMBER ONE…

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TRANSLENT AIRCRAFT LOG

OUTBOUND TRANSLENT AIRCRAFT LOG
AIRPLANE & NUMBER	DATE	PILOT	DEPARTED FOR	TRUE AIR SPEED	DEP.	LTA	ARR.	REMARKS
C-47, 7276	7-24	Lt Col Hollingsworth (B/G Randall)	Mitchel	160	0221	0741	0655	Home Stn: San Salvador
B-25, 8850	7-24	Lt Col Groom	Bolling	205	0052	0412	0405	Bolling
C-82, 7785	7-24	1st Lt Fox	MaoDill	180	0142	0357	0405	Greenville, S.C.
INBOUND
AIRPLANE & NUMBER	DATE	PILOT	DEP. FROM	TRUE AIR SPEED	DEP.	ETA	ARR.	REMARKS
C-47, 7276	7-23	Lt Col Hollingsworth (B/G Randall)	Kelly	160	2115	0115	0139, 24th	San Salvador
T-6, 5701	7-23	Clark	Jackson	Unknown 150	2316	0041	0035, 24th
C-82, 7785	7-24	1st Lt Fox	Little Rock	180	No PX 0045	Greenville, S.C.

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