The strange Chiles whitted UFO encounter 1948 Montgomery Alabama

The Chiles Whitted UFO encounter occurred on July 24, 1948 in the skies near Montgomery Alabama Two commercial pilots Clarence S. Chiles and John B. Whitted claimed that at approximately 2:45 AM on July 24 they observed a glowing UFO object pass by their plane before it appeared to pull up into a cloud and travel out of sight According to Air Force officer and Project Blue Book supervisor Edward J. Ruppelt the Chiles-Whitted sighting was one of three classic UFO in 1948 that convinced the personnel of Project Sign Blue Book's predecessor that UFOs were real In the early morning hours of July 24, 1948, Clarence Chiles chief pilot and John Whitted co-pilot were flying an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-3 passenger plane near Montgomery at about 5,000 feet altitude. The night sky was clear with the Moon four days past full shining through scattered clouds.