Chiles–Whitted encounter.
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The Chiles-Whitted encounter (24 Jul 1948) involved two Eastern Air Lines pilots who reported a torpedo- or wingless-rocket-shaped craft with glowing windows near Montgomery, Alabama. It became a…
The Chiles-Whitted encounter (24 Jul 1948) involved two Eastern Air Lines pilots who reported a torpedo- or wingless-rocket-shaped craft with glowing windows near Montgomery, Alabama. It became a foundational Project Blue Book case and influenced early Air Force thinking about flying saucers. Officially logged as documented; later debate suggests it may have been a bright bolide (meteor).