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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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Tech Intelligen. Div Intelligence Department Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio ## (3) Incident #3 (Continued) Although the dates seem to indicate that this sighting could not be the same as that described in Incident 1, yet the major portion of this testimony refers to a "blue white light". Observations in the first instance describe a "blue glow" running the entire length of the fuselage. When viewed from the ground it is logical to assume that the blue glow would be mostly visible. NOTE: In this connection, Dr. Josef Allen Hynek, astro-physicist, OSURF, who is presently to serve as consultant on this project, has advised that it is possible for a celestial body to appear to travel in a straight line and slant downwards. (It is extremely improbable, although aerodynamically possible, for some objects to achieve an effect of lift through the forces generated during their flight through the atmosphere). It is his further opinion that it is impossible for any celestial body to maneuver violently and make sharp turns. It is extremely unlikely for heavenly bodies to appear to move slowly when passing through the lower layers of the atmosphere, but, from greater distances, it is possible to observe far-distant bodies for extended periods of time. Objective size is contingent upon (1) distance of the heavenly body from the earth and (2) its mass. The manner of disappearance of a meteor is like a light suddenly blinking off. (4) Incident #4 Object #4 was observed by Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. and Mr. between the hours of 2045 and 2050, 26 July 1945, at Emblee, Georgia and Augusta, Georgia. Description of this object seems to indicate that it was a meteor. Five of the ob- servers said that the object was "football shaped"; that it appeared to be a green light with a silvery tail and that it observed level flight. The last observer stated that the speed was "10,000 to 20,000 mph" and that "it appeared to be 1/4 the size of a full moon", and that "it was a multi-colored, brilliant light trailing burning fragments". The terrific speed together with the description of a multi-colored light trailing burning fragments seems to establish this object as a meteor. ## 0. COMMENTS: 1. The only incident which possesses absolute intelligence is Incident #1. It is obvious that this object was not a meteor. There has been no evidence to support any findings of unreliability, nor have there been any major in- 2. Seatlan records establish areas of visibility as total in the observers' excursions. 3. Available information from Ordnance, Army, Navy and AF Weather Bureau, Re- DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS DOD DIR 5200.19 T-80200 CURRENT CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT ON AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MANDING OF THE ESPONAGE ACT, 50 U.S.C. AND THE TRANSMISSION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MAYTER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. THIS CONTROL IS IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
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