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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. 49 …Several Sec MRS HILL 26 July 48 2045 Chamblee Ga. Several Sec MRS RENFROE 26 July…
  • p. 65 …sees them disappearing "just behind the next hill," although they may actually be fifty or a…

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ARTS DSS	1st Ind	21 Jan 1949

HEADQUARTERS, AIR HEATHER SERVICE Andros Air Force Base, Washington 25, D. C.

TO: Commanding General, Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio ATTN: MC LAXO

Investigations by this headquarters reveal that a synoptic weather balloon could have been at the location where sightings were reported in the following incident. In compiling this list consideration was given to the wind direction and speed at the surface and aloft at the scheduled time of balloon release, and the location of the nearest weather station making balloon observations.

2	52	91	126
3	72	93	118
4	73	94	155
25	76	105	166
28	81	113	169
36	87	115	172

FOR THE CHEF AIR WEATHER SERVICE

2. Incla: n/o

/3/ W. A. West W. A. WEST Lt. Col., USAF Adjutant General

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