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This Project Blue Book case file covers the 7 January 1948 incident at Godman Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky, which the file itself calls the famous "Mantell case." It holds control tower witness statements describing a large, bright object and the three P-51s sent to pursue it, whose flight leader, Mantell, stopped answering after climbing past 15,000 feet. It also includes weather data and Air Materiel Command correspondence. One analysis concludes that the object was not Venus and that the sighting must be considered unexplained.
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262358Z SECURITY CLASSIFICATION FROM: (Originator) CG AIR MATERIEL COMMAND STRICTED ACTION TO: HQ GODMAN AIR FORCE BASE ACTION PRIORITY RE IS MADE TO INCIDENT OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECT OCCURRING NEAR YOUR BASE SEVEN JAN FOUR EIGHT PD OUR RECORDS INDICATE FREQUENT THEODOLITE READINGS WERE MADE OF OBJECT HOWEVER ONLY THREE READINGS ARE ON FILE HERE PD REQUEST YOU FORWARD BY TT COMPLETE READINGS AND RESUME OF QUALIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL WHO MADE READINGS PD REQUEST FURTHER BRIEF'S OF DAILY WEATHER AT GODMAN FOR ONE JANE TO ONE FIVE JAN FOUR EIGHT CMA GIVING PARTICULARLY PERCENTAGE OF CLOUD COVERAGE AND SUNSHINE AND TTSEQUENCES FOR ENTIRE DAY ON SEVEN JAN FOUR EIGHT PD WEATHER INFO MAY BE FORWARDED BY LETTER AT THREE SEVEN SEVEN RECEIVED IN RESTRICTED CODE. NO COPY WILL BE MADE UNLESS SAFEGUARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AR 380-5. THIS MESSAGE REQUIRES NO PARAPHRASE. RECEIVED AT THE SIGNAL OFFICE: TIME: 0750 INT: WA LOCAL SERIAL NUMBER: 15 OFFICIAL: /s/ Francis R. Segna FRANCIS R SEGNA CAPT SIG CORPS POST SIGNAL OFFICER
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