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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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HEADQUARTERS 2253D AIR BASE GROUP United States Air Force Greater Pittsburgh Airport Coraopolis, Pennsylvania BO SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects TO: Commander Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio 1. In reference to telephone call received from Sgt Bolieu, your headquarters, at 0820 hours, 2 March 1959, concerning three unidentified lights sighted by the tower operators here at Greater Pittsburgh Airport at approximately 0140Z, 25 February 1959, the following information is submitted. 2. The tower operators on duty at the time of the sighting reported that three lights were observed. An immediate check with disclosed there were three B-47s in the area at the time on a night refueling mission. The tower operators made no report due to the fact there was nothing unusual to report. Furthermore, no statements were made to the newspapers. 3. The names of the tower operators would not be given by the control tower supervisor because he did not want the personnel concerned involved in an investigation. FOR THE COMMANDER: Captain, USAF Administrative Officer
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