Our
pals over at History (which used to be the History Channel) have decided to
take on Project Blue Book in a series that is based on those files. This is, of
course, the second series to do that. Back in the 1970s, Jack Webb created Project UFO which was based, loosely, on
the Project Blue Book files. I have said in the past
that we owed Webb a bit of
recognition because he paid to have the Blue Book files converted to microfilm,
which allowed us to see what had been hidden there for so long, but I digress.
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| The two stars of Project UFO. |
In
a story that I stumbled across dated August 16, 2018, written by Greg Dauherty,
is the tale of Clarence Chiles and John Whitted, who saw a “cigar-shaped”
object flash by their aircraft. There really isn’t much with which to disagree
here. Dauherty lays out the facts without a lot of hyperbole. I might disagree
with some of his adjectives, but I can’t really fault the reporting. He does touch
all the bases. You can read his story here:
What inspired
this was his last line. He wrote, “No wonder
the Chiles-Whitted case continues to baffle and intrigue, even 70 years later.”
This
is where we disagree. I don’t believe the case continues to baffle and intrigue.
I believe it was solved and that J. Allen Hynek was correct in his analysis. Rather
that repeat myself here, I’ll just suggest that you take a look at some of the
earlier postings about the case on this blog. You can find them here:
and here
and here
For
those who are dispassionate, it seems that the bolide explanation is the
correct one. The reentry of the Zond IV in March 1968 is strong evidence of
that. While the case was interesting and unidentified for years, we have a
solid explanation for it now.
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