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

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.

HEADQUARTERS 31st Fighter Wing Turner Air Force Base, Albany, Georgia

SUBJECT: Aircraft Departure Report

TO: Commanding General Headquarters Air Material Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio ATTENTION: NCTAXC-3

Reference your TIX NO1AXC-7-5, dated 31 July 1948, requesting de parture and arrival of aircraft, this Base, 24 July 1948, a negative report is submitted.

FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER:

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B. M. THOMPSON Major, U. AP Adjutant