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

NICAP · 83 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 18 …All the crew members and also all the passengers saw the UFOs. The reported objects were…
  • p. 35 policy on the handling of UFO sightings over the years to be found in the case…
  • p. 64 …AFR 200-2 (Air Force Regulation 200-2), the current regulation prohibiting the release of UFO…
before, even though I watched them for 40 minutes before. Due to the dark and strong lights I was not able to ascertain any size or shape. The altitude of the objects was 30° above my horizon. Distance away is unknown.

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