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MAXW-PBB4-20
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NARA-Maxwell
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Maxwell Blue Book 4
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MAXW-PBB4-18
MAXW-PBB4-19
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PACK I I I air w*:i a igence Information report \Te"cn"Tril"elTIg '' e"yi\ Intelligence Department Wrigr.t-Patterson AFB, Dayton,Ohio 102-122-79 b. To exclude irrelevent factors in a systematic manner, Tthe Information presented in ux:.ibit ":111 is presented in the(order of occurrence and significance. (I) Incident V a. (Ot)joct war- sighted 2U July_ 19^: between 01^0 and 01 50 SST from \ the grouni. at Hobins Air .~o"ceuBase, Macon, -Georgia.'' b. Object was: again r-ightel fr r. an altitude of 50*X y ~ Chile? an.! ''./hiVied w ill- flying a ''-C-} zni\e 20 miles soutf''i of Montgomery, Alabama. "The ti"ic of t: e sitting wa6 2U July at approximately 02U* "JT. " j c. Boti" tv.e Xas''-ey inviting an1, th t of C''niles end W^jitte^ describe ~: U.-? object as "cigar" or "cylindrical" in cnape. (McXelvie ! perceived only f:.e glow emitted by it) d. All observers a>n*ee thi-t tr.e object was traveling in a general southerly he^''ing^ari'''' t.r t it va: trailed b;^a flame varying in color an''! t''lr-t it behavr.-d like a normal craft insofar as fron the line of -:if?ht was concerned. NOTE: It is a known fact t..;-.* atnospr;eric conditions -.mch as .varying ie-Tre-- of iiumi i i t;- arid incidence of light re- fraction often influence the color of t r:e light observed, ''"his woul I ,rerve to explain whjr many observers conflict in t''neir (iercript^i^ns ns to color of light displayed''by '' the object or its trail. .. ... e_, Tour witne-ir.es t". tlji- righting are involved; three are -trained J observers, jIn no instance were tn^re any indications of sub- versive or ulterior influences involved. '' . Both t-.e^arsey account and t-.-t of Chjle?, ^^itted and McKelvie were officially mt-de within "a perioJ of t:. me t.:alt would preclude any chance of impre^^i^ns being gained fror"i radio or riewspaT")er rei ortF. . '' " '' (-2) Incident H2 ;'' Object #2 was: ob^ervod by Feldvary, Mantfield and Kingsley at 0230 hours 2^1 July 19^Si while airborne, between Black5tone, Virginia, and. Greensboro* Nortli Cj^olin:.. This sighting is considered Bepa- rately since the descriptions of -.''need as ^''meteoric" or "teprific",. the manner of travel . I escribed ss an arc or horizontal, an^''tlie fact that it "faded like a meteor" ''seerr. to indicate. tnat tfhe object seen was not tr.e one observed in Incident 1.^ / ; '' . (3) Incident #3 '' '', 11 , '' '' '' T.r.io. object wus observed "between 210^".'' nn^ 23O"1 h^u^s 26th July 19^+8 at C^iimblee, Lnd Augusta, Georgia, by obterverr A very, ''^usr-ell, Bell, Battle, Atkin''pon, Mrs. okilnner, Prdveau an.l (^al^\ This object was I not t.u.iuglit^to be a meteor irithtt it maneuvered. \ The glow was described a varied in color but preeminently brillant blue-white. The course was described at- generally "southern1''. '' / ''! ^ ^-80200 ,: i- .''.. ''.''. '' v 11. .,1 a:.[. ''j t A L ir- 1 ..". ir ".'' r.i-i : 1 1 1 ''''*'' ''.- ir ili.i "'''' ''. ^ GUAI.F.I), Aj .. DECLASSM''IKL) .'' : . JJOD D1U ." I 1 ''". '' . ''U ".I''.''ll v I . 1 . 1; 1 mi ; i.i. ,1 . .-. ,''l #\\ 1 .v. .!..''( Ul liu .Jl'' '' -lu.''oF UNCLASSIFIED ; . "'' v T- H S P A G E I S U N C L A S S '' I F I E D''
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