Project Blue Book documents on the Killian case, compiled by Dan Wilson

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This NICAP compilation by Dan Wilson gathers Project Blue Book records on the sighting of 24 February 1959, when American Airlines Flight 139, flying from Newark to Detroit, and two United Airlines crews saw three lights over Pennsylvania and Ohio. It includes the record card, pilot statements, Air Force letters and correspondence with an Akron UFO committee. The Air Force concluded that the lights came from three B-47s refueling from KC-97 tankers. Book excerpts disputing Captain Killian's later claims are also included.

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p. 3 …that Captain states in his report that he has never witnessed a night refueling operation . Yet
p. 12 MEMO ROUTING SLIP NEVER USE FOR APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS, OR RECURRENCE, OR SIMILAR ACTIONS 1. NAME OR…
p. 20 …could be a jet tanker refueling operation. Never having witnessed refueling operation at night, I am…
p. 33 …could be a jet tanker refueling operation. Never having witnessed refueling operations at night, I am…
p. 36 …Airlines, quoting Captain saying that he had never seen jet refuelling operations at night and that…
p. 39 …planes for 15 years, said, "I have never seen anything like it before." Killian said other…
p. 40 …said never seen anything before." man said other members crew and the 35 passengers saw the…
p. 45 …all my period of flying, I have never in my life seen anything even remotely resembling…
p. 46 …I thought - well, there must be something to it, but what, I was never sure. These…
p. 47 …is in New York, but I have never experienced an thing like that before. It might…
p. 52 …since 1929 and who states he has never seen anything like this before, is not likely…
p. 58 …the situation by ATIC later declassified but never released, stating that the flying saucers were interplanetary…
p. 59 …of Intelligence investigations of UFOs: "It will never be possible to say with certainty that any…
p. 62 …could be a jet tanker refueling operation. Never having witnessed refueling operation at night. I am…
p. 66 …This man had been a civilian pilot for five and he said that he had never…
p. 69 …is in New York but I have never experienced anything like that before." WHEN Killian first…
p. 72 …He told the Detroit Times, "I never attached any importance to the fact that they may…
p. 73 …encounter "awe inspiring" and said he had never seen anything like that in the air before…
p. 80 …at night. (Original statement to American Airlines: "Never having witnessed refueling operations at night, I am…
p. 82 …could be a jet-tanker refueling operation. Never having witnessed refueling operations at night, I am…

# HEADQUARTERS 26TH AIR DIVISION (SAGE) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SYRACUSE AIR FORCE STATION SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

OIN

8 APR 1959

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects Reports.

20: Commander

Commander Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Chio

1. Reference is made to a recent Associated Press news story concerning the 24 February UFOB sighting over Pennsylvania by an American Airlines crew and passengers. According to the press item, the Air Force announced that this sighting had been evaluated as the lights of a B-47/KC97 refueling operation. It is requested that copies of original and follow-up reports, and ATTC evaluation of this sighting, be forwarded to this headquarters. This report is desired for the purpose of completing UFOB files, and determining why the original reporting agency did not send a copy of the report to this headquarters in accordance with paragraph 14a(2), AFR 200-2.

2. It is further requested that a copy of any UTOB report of a sighting within or close to the boundaries of this command be sent to this headquarters, if the report does not show this headquarters as an address as required by paragraph 14a(2) AFR 200-2.

3. This headquarters requests a copy of ATIC preliminary and final evaluations of each UFCB related to the geographical area mentioned above.

4. Boundaries of the 26th Air Division are enclosed for information (Inclosure 1).

FOR THE OCISLANDER:

1 Incl:

1. Extract of Sec II, No ADG, General Cdr #8 dated 2 Feb 59

Lt. Co1., U3AF

Director of Administrative Services

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