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The pilots admitted they had
goose pimples riding pick-a-back
on goose pimples. What's more,
they said one of their 20 passen­
gers-C. L. McK1:?h•ie. of Colum­
bus, Ohio-was awake and ~aw
the same thing.
Reporters nailed Mr. McKelvie
at Kennett Square, Pa. How about
it, they asked him-had he seen
what the Atlanta pilots said he
saw?
Well, now, said Mr. McKelvie­
not exactly. He said he saw "no
form of ship" whatever. He saw a
"continuous light speed past" lwi
window.
"But,'' added Mr. McK.,
1'I'm
not very well versed in aeronau­
tics, and certainly I wasn't look­
ing for any Buck Rogers space
ship."
Out at Santa Monica, Cal., the
famo111 Gen. George C. Kenney,
chief of the Strategic Air Com­
mand, was bearded In his den.
His eyes twinkled. No, he said,
cautiOU5ly, it wasn't one of his
planeL The Army as yet hun't
1ot anything like the Thing seen
over Montgomery.
Not Boelnc Plane
"I wish we did," the general
said wistfully. "i sure would have
liked to see that Thing."
So said William M. Allen, pres­
ident of the Boeing Aircraft Co.,
up at Seattle.
~I'm pretty sure
it wasn't one of our planes," said
Mr. Allen, modestly.
Almost identical statements is­
sued by the Army Air Forces at
Washington and the United States
Weather Bureau at Montgomery
tended to throw some light on
this fantasy.
Both sources sug­
gested that. the Atlanta pilots had
flown past an air radar weather
observation balloon. Those things,
they explained, are 10 feet in
diameter and have square, tinfoil
boxes fastened to them. 'the boxes
reflect light and "give strange
illusions" f!S they twist and turn.
Maxwell Field said they send 'em
up at six-hour intervals.
And Maxwell Fielijs at Mont­1
gomery.
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ATLANTA JOURNAL
SUN&Y, 7/25/48