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

The Black Vault · 162 pages · text by OCR

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.

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“Norfolk”1 page

p. 139 …DEPARTURES GLN AT 0022 R5D DEPARTED FOR NORFOLK VA TAS 210 CMA AT 0033 R5D DEPARTED…

FM UEMLS 8/25TH FTR UNG SHAWN-FB SOCAR/F31230Z TO UEDZCG AMC WRIGHT PATTERSON OFB WRIGHT FIELD OHIO/ATTN: MCIAXO-3, AF GRNC

ADO 030 PD REUTWX FM VEDC 40E DTD 31 JUL 45 PD NEGATIVE RPT IS SUBMITTED.

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CFN. . . . 030 VEDC 40E 31 48

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The Chiles-Whitted Encounter 1948

Cases discussed

Ellsworth AFB Radar-Visual Case and F-84 Pursuit, South Dakota, 1953 1953
famous Rapid City, South Dakota, case of 12 August, 1953

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