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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.

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“The Pentagon”4 pages

  • p. 53 …Tacker, executive officer of the Air Force Public Information at the Pentagon stated that the planes…
  • p. 55 …the excitement in the Pentagon that such a report might have engendered ten years ago. The…
  • p. 58 …The saucers are only hallucinations." ## July 7, 1947 Air Corps Public Relations Officer at the Pentagon…
  • p. 59 …This report, cleared by Security and Review at the Pentagon, described several UFO sightings at White…
TWX's and Letters pertaining to evaluation of Sighting 2500th ABW Investigation

Statement to American Airlines dtd 24 Feb 59

Pittsburgh Airport Tower Operations Statement dtd 5 Mar 59

Letter dtd 6 Mar 59 and Reply (Akron Sightings)

Refueling Area Boundaries

Investigative Data

UFORC Report

News Articles and Extracts from UFO Publications

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