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‘Sky Devil-Ship’ Scares Pilots; ishes He Had One ila EAL FLIERS DESCRIBE WINGLESS AIRCRAFT Copilot-Join Whitted and Capt. C. S. Chiles (right). [streaking through the heavens at ATIANTA JOURNAL sunpay, 7/25/48 |Atlanta Eastern Air Line _|in the spooky hours Sat Plane Makers Dubious About Alabama ‘Thing’ By WILLIAM KEY — What was that Thing that) scared the daylights out of two) morning? Is there some stratospheric | Ness fire-breathing monster on! the Milky Way run between At- Janta and New Orleans? | The nilots, Capt.-C. S. Chiles; of Atlanta, and Co-Pilot J. B. _ |Whitted, of Hapeville, would like he. know. The Army Strategic Air |Command would like to know. Big) airplane manufacturers also are| curious, but slightly dubious. Pilots Chiles and Whitted told their thrilling story upon artiv-| ing at municipal airport here Sat- urday on the Houston-Atlanta, Boston run, Here is what they say they saw, near Montgomery: A gigantic plane without wings, black against the night sky, 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 indo Oe of ale it ‘ier a veritable panes utchman 0} the Skies. Nary a living soul was seen aboard!