jul 24, 1948 - 7/24/1948 Montgomery, AL, cigar sighting (Grok rendering) Dolan: "at 2:45 A.M, an Eastern Air Lines DC-3 had a near-collision with a [cigar-shaped with two decks of windows] object... The pilots, C. S. Chiles and J. B. Whitted, as well as one passenger, said the object rushed straight at them, then veered to the right of the airliner, emitted a long gust of red exhaust, and either shot up into the clouds or vanished. The pilots were adamant that the object was not a meteor"
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https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-National-Security-State-Chronology-ebook/dp/B0C94W38QY?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GA0HJz5rg1XI1vhQTilun3PP3ZJPcdqJIGvqPqjftiw.Jz6jNNopiAivpCNB-tW5t5AeYDzvdvjjWfXxpdnz9a0&dib_tag=se&keywords=UFOs+and+the+National+Security+State%3A+Chronology+of+a+Coverup%2C+1941-1973&qid=1734726610&s=books&sr=1-1Added to timeline:
Date:
jul 24, 1948
Now
~ 77 years ago