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—— ‘Sky Devil-Ship' Scares Pilots; Air Chief Wishes He Had One | Plane Makers | Dubious About Alabama ‘Thing’ By WILLIAM KEY What was that Thing that) lscared the daylights out of two Atlanta Eastern Air Line pilots lin the spooky hours Saturday morning? Is there some stratospheric Loch '\Ness fire-breathing monster on ~ |the Milky Way run between At- *Nanta and New Orleans? The nilots, Capt.-C. S. Chiles, of Atlanta, and Co-Pilot J. B.! Whitted, of Hapeville, would like | Command would like to know. Big airplane manufacturers also are curious, but slightly dubious. Pilots Chiles and Whitted told their thrilling story upon arriv-| jing at municipal airport here Sat-| urday on the Houston-Atlanta, | Boston run. Here is what they} eae Se di es ieee ue say they saw, near Montgomery: FAL FLIERS DESCRIBE WINGLESS AIRCRAFT _ |,,A,82086 lang wient sky, ‘lot John Whitted and Capt. C. S. Chiles (right) hes gras Se cnliecns| Copilot John } an apt. ©. 8. Unies ght). (streaking through the heavens at 5,000 feet altitude with a fiery comet’s tail 25 to 50 feet in length. It had a 100-foot fuselage about four times the circumfer-| ence of a B-29’s, and two rows| of brilliantly lighted square) windows. Creepiest of all, it was | a veritable aoe ee oul of the Skies. N&ary a living soul was seen aboard! ATIANTA JOURNAL suNDAY, 7/25/48