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

Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.

At 6:30 A.M. on Tuesday, February 24. 1959 a flaming bluish-green object streaked through the skies over Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. The phenomenon described as being banana or cigar-shaped, was trailing sparks and flame. It was sighted by airport control tower operators and by many excited citizens. It was said to be traveling at a very high speed, and State Troopers at Bay City, Michigan described it as a bluish-green flame traveling parallel to the earth.

Between 8:00 and 8:30 P.M. on this same evening, an Akron, Ohio couple sighted a strange bright reddish-orange object with a flickering yellow light on the top. It hovered momentarily and then moved away toward the north. Its outline was sharp, except for the top which was hazy. The weather was clear, and the object was observed for about twenty minutes.

In northern Ohio the evening of February 24 was crisp and cold, the sky clear and the visibility perfect. In Akron and in nearby Cuyahoga Falls the chance observation of three starlike objects moving across the sky was made by several persons. This was a prelude to the eventual unfolding of a related series of events.

The three objects were spotted at 9:20 P.M. moving from east to west. One of the observers phoned Mrs. Roy Renner, a member of the UFORC, who, in turn, phoned Mr. George Popowitch, Director of the Committee. Before the Director could get outside, however, his phone rang again. The United Air Lines' Flight Operations Manager at Akron-Canton Airport was on the line. He introduced the pilot of United Air Lines Flight 937 (name withheld by request). who then proceeded to tell a story of three starlike objects which had paced his plane for thirty to forty minutes.

## TWO UNITED AIR LINE REPORTS

"Just outside Lockhaven near Williamsport, Pennsylvania", he reported. "I observed three brightly illuminated objects off my left wing tip. The plane was at 14,000 feet and the objects were about 5 degrees above my horizon, moving parallel to the plane, east to west."

The Captain of Flight 937 had sighted the objects at 8:40and he kept them under constant observation until 9:10 P.M., a period of thirty minutes. The Co-Pilot and Flight Engineer confirmed this story with the Director of UFORC. However, the Flight Engineer stated he had sighted the objects at 8:30, ten minutes earlier.

East of Youngstown, Ohio, according to the plane's captain, Flight 937 descended to 12,000 feet preparatory to landing at the Akron-Canton Airport. While over Youngstown, th three objects appeared to move closer to the aircraft. They were then seen to fade, reappear, and resume their original brilliance, but not in unison. Near Warren, Ohio, the lights "went off" completely and then reappeared. They were described as being bluish- white and definitely larger than any star. The objects then passed the aircraft, veered to the right, crossing in front of the plane and finally disappeared to the northwest.

Meanwhile, over Pennsylvania, shortly before the above described aerial phenomena had been spotted by United Air Lines Flight 937, these objects had also been seen by the captain of United Air Lines Flight 321 enroute to Cleveland, Ohio. (This captain, too, prefers to remain anonymous.) After observing the objects for seven minutes, Flight 321 contacted Flight 937. The captain of Flight 321 also called Air Traffic Control in Cleveland and