Sketch of object witnessed by First Officer and Co-pilot Whitted, made at an Atlanta hotel on July 26.

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Sketch of object witnessed by pilot Chiles, made at an Atlanta hotel on July 26.

Chiles and Whitted were co-pilots and witnesses of a famous 1948 UFO sighting, now dubbed the "Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter". They both drew similar sketches two days after their sighting.

Statement of Captain Clarence S. Chiles from August 3, 1948.

Statement of First Officer and Co-pilot John B. Whitted from August 3, 1948.

Chiles-Whitted UFO Incident - Project Blue Book Case File

Whitted's 1948 sketch from the Chiles-Whitted UFO sighting is included in the Project Blue Book Case File.

Chiles-Whitted UFO Encounter Witness - Robins Air Force Base.

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.

Atlanta Journal article about the Chiles-Whitted UFO 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...