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Chiles-Whitted Eastern Airlines Torpedo-Object Encounter

July 23, 1948Montgomery area, Alabama, United States

Eastern Airlines pilots C. S. Chiles and J. B. Whitted reported a brilliant torpedo-shaped object approaching head-on near Montgomery, veering past the DC-3, emitting a long red exhaust-like blast, and climbing into clouds.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Elongated / Cigar / Cylinder(C-000255)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-689121reported
“Chiles and Whitted reported a brilliant object approaching head-on, passing to the right of their DC-3, emitting a long red exhaust-like blast, and climbing sharply into clouds.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Chiles-Whitted Eastern Airlines encounter; uploaded PDF pp. 69-70
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Encounter · Investigation Source Caveat

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CLAIM-689123reported
“Hall notes a dispute over whether the airliner was rocked by the object's climb and says that detail appears in the witnesses' original descriptions as reproduced in an Air Force Project Saucer report.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Project Saucer / rocking-detail dispute; uploaded PDF pp. 69-70
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Chiles-Whitted Torpedo-Shaped Object (1948) · Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-689122reported
“Chiles described a torpedo-shaped body about 100 feet long with two rows of brightly lighted window-like features along the side.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Chiles torpedo morphology; uploaded PDF pp. 69-70
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Hall Pilots & Aviation Experts Dossier · Investigation Source Caveat

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CLAIM-689087reported
“Hall argues that airline and military pilots are unusually experienced sky observers because their work requires repeated exposure to weather, aircraft, meteors, planets, and aviation hazards.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Section opening: pilot experience and evidentiary rationale; uploaded PDF pp. 52-53
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CLAIM-689088reported
“Hall groups pilot reports into three broad patterns: geometrical objects, maneuvering or gyrating lights, and cigar-shaped or rocket-like objects.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · The Patterns: three pilot-report groupings; uploaded PDF pp. 53-53
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Hall Pilots & Aviation Experts Dossier · Government Policy Decision

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CLAIM-689089reported
“Hall notes that airline pilots were included in the CIRVIS vital-intelligence reporting system and cites 1954 meetings between airline representatives and MATS intelligence to speed reporting of unusual aerial objects.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · CIRVIS / MATS reporting-system discussion; uploaded PDF pp. 52-53
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