Chiles-Whitted UFO Incident - Project Blue Book Case File
Project Blue Book Case File: 07-24-1948, 20 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama.
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Chiles' statement from the 1948 Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is included in the Project Blue Book Case File.
Whitted's statement from the 1948 Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is included in the Project Blue Book Case File.
Chiles' 1948 sketch from the Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is included in the Project Blue Book Case File.
Whitted's 1948 sketch from the Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is included in the Project Blue Book Case File.
The Air Force Base eyewitnesses account is detailed in the full Project Blue Book Case File.
Two days after the Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter pilots in Washington state witnessed a silvery orb object.
The Chiles-Whitted incident made the front page of The Atlanta Constitution one day after the UFO encounter.
The Atlanta Constitution detailed the Chiles-Whitted pilot testimony one day after the UFO sighting.
Eastern Air Lines pilots Chiles and Whitted described the "manmade" object they witnessed in 1948.
The Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter described the pilots 1948 encounter and shows the pilots together.
Two fox hunters in Georgia view object similar to the UFO in the Chiles-Whitted encounter.
July 25, 1948 Atlanta Journal article.
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Chiles-Whitted UFO Encounter
July 1948
In the summer of 1948, two pilots, a passenger and a person on the ground reported seeing a "cigar shaped" object that had windows and emitted flames, and moved at a high rate of speed in the night sky. This early sighting was widely reported in newspapers. Flight 576 Early in the morning of July...
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J. Allen Hynek
Astronomer, Professor & Ufologist
J. Allen Hynek
Astronomer, Professor & Ufologist
Initially skeptical of UFOs, Hynek, a professor of astronomy, was recruited by U.S. Air Force in 1948 to serve as astronomical consultant for Project Sign. He later became the founder and first head of the Center for UFO Studies.
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Hynek helped on the Chiles-Whitted investigation and report.
Alfred Loedding
Aeronautical Engineer
Alfred Loedding
Aeronautical Engineer
An aeronautical engineer who became one of the first UFO investigators within the US Air Force. Earlier, he had patented a low-aspect-ratio aircraft that was similar to the shape of many reported flying saucers.
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Loedding helped on the Chiles-Whitted investigation and report.
Clarence S. Chiles
Pilot
Clarence S. Chiles
Pilot
Former WWII combat pilot that witnessed an unusual glowing "ship" while flying a commercial plane in 1948 enroute from Texas to Georgia.
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Chiles' eyewitness testimony from the famous Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is detailed in this report.
John B. Whitted
Pilot
John B. Whitted
Pilot
Famous 1948 witness to an unusually fast-moving, glowing object while piloting a commercial airliner enroute from Texas to Georgia.
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Whitted's eyewitness testimony from the famous Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is detailed in this report.
Albert Deyarmond
U.S. Air Force
Albert Deyarmond
U.S. Air Force
Aeronautical engineer and US Air Force officer assigned to investigate UFO sightings for Project Sign.
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Deyarmond helped on the Chiles-Whitted investigation and report.
Clarence L. McKelvie
Editor of the American Education Press
Clarence L. McKelvie
Editor of the American Education Press
Passenger aboard a 1948 commercial flight who witnessed a "strange eerie streak" pass by the airplane. Both pilots also observed and reported the strange sight.
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McKelvie' eyewitness statement from the famous Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is detailed in this report.
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