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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.
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# the EASTERN AIR LINES CASE # PROJECT SAUCER CASE NO.144 IN THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE STUDIES MADE BY AIR MATERIEL COMMAND, WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO LIGENCE RECORDS. ON JULY 24, 1948, AT 2:45 A.M., CAPTAIN C. S. CHILES AND FIRST OFFICER JOHN B. WHITTED WERE FLYING NEAR MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, WHEN A BRILLIANT CIGAR- SHAPED CRAFT CAME HURTLING TOWARD THEM WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT? WHATEVER IT WAS," CAPTAIN CHILES LATER TOLD PROJECT SAUCER" INVESTIGATORS," IT FLASHED DOWN TOWARD US (HEADING SOUTHWEST)... A WINGLESS AIRCRAFT, 100 FEET LONG, CIGAR SHAPED, AND ABOUT TWICE THE DIAMETER OF A 8-29 WITH NO PROTRUDING SURFACES... IT'S COMING RIGHT AT US! VEER OFF OR WE'LL HIT IT! ALL STATEMENTS IN QUOTES ARE OFFICIAL VERBATIM VEHICLES PRINTED IN THIS OFFICIAL REPORT--ECS. WE VEERED TO OUR LEFT. IT VEERED TO ITS LEFT AND PASSED US ABOUT 700 FEET TO OUR RIGHT AND WHEW!
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