Douglas C-47 Skytrain / DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner that revolutionized air transport, with its military transport version designated as the C-47 Skytrain. These ubiquitous aircraft were flown by thousands of military and civilian pilots worldwide during the mid-20th century. Pilots of these aircraft were responsible for many classic UFO reports, including the famous 1948 Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter where a DC-3 crew reported a near-miss with a torpedo-shaped object.

Pilots of these ubiquitous transport aircraft filed many foundational mid-20th-century UFO reports, including the 1948 Chiles-Whitted encounter.