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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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In 1958 the Unidentified Flying Objects Research Committee (UFORC) was formed. Its birth stemmed from the realization that an alarming public ignorance surrounded the subject of Flying Saucers, or Unidentified Flying Objects. Since its formation the Committee has been working diligently throughout the northeast ern Ohio area. It has furnished UFO information via radio, newspapers, television, and public forums, and has provided speakers on many occasions. The Akron area has come to accept the UFORC as a reliable source of information on this subject. Akron's Mayor, Mr. Leo Berg, has commended the Committee by stating, "The UFORC is an educational organization for the people, and should continue its performance." The UFORC has gained world-wide recognition through its first publication, "The Fitzgerald Report". In this, the Committee's second UFO report, the same high standard of factual reporting has prevailed. Many books have been written on the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects. Scores of periodicals appear monthly. These have found their way into libraries, Universities, hospitals, churches, offices and other business, cultural and social centers, as well as into private homes everywhere. It is the sincere hope of the UFORC that this second factual document will not only further the understanding in Flying Saucers but will, perhaps, impart a sense of urgency to the reader and in that way advance the case for UFOs. It is the aim of the Committee to place a copy of this document in the hands of the President of the United States, his cabinet, all members of Congress, newspapers, radio stations, libraries and persons, organizations and institutions where it is believed enough interest and concern will be aroused to help bring about an official, full scale UFO investigation. For permission to use certain letters, documents and photographs and for reproduction of varied portions of privately published periodicals and for information supplied by individual, the Unidentified Flying Objects Research Committee wishes to acknowledge and give credit to the following: Major Donald Keyhoe (U.S.M.C., Ret.), 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. Norbert Gariety, SPACE, 267 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables, Florida; George Van Hecke CSI, New York, New York; John Lester, Newark Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey; Al Leaderman and Ed Keran, Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan; Ralph Chapman, New York Herald Tribune, New York, New York; Gladys Fusaro, Huntington, Long Island, New York Frank Edwards, News Commentator for Mutual Broadcasting Company; Congressman Wm. Ayres (Rep.) 14th District, Ohio; Ray Palmer, Flying Saucers magazine, Amherst, Wisconsin; Cartis Fuller, Fate Magazine, Evanston, Illinois; Coral Lorenzen, APRO Bulletin, Alamogordo, New Mexico; Hugh McPherson, Radio Station WCHS, Charleston, West Virginia; Bob Barry, APIS, Olean, New York; Radio Station WAKR, Akron, Ohio; American Airlines. Incorporated. 100 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.; Joseph M. Moran, Editor, Flagship News for American Airlines. Inc.; Strategic Air Command, Offut Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska; U.S. Department of Commerce, National Weather Records Center, Asheville, North Carolina. Long Island Daily Press.
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