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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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# HEADQUARTERS GODMAN AIR FORCE BASE Fort Knox, Kentucky 3 February 1949 SUBJECT: Unidentified Aerial Object TO: Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson AF Base Dayton, Ohio 1. Reference is made to attached message received from your head- quarters. 2. There are no further theodolite readings available at this base. 3. Persons making theodolite readings were qualified forecasters. They are reliable and qualified in the use of theodolite. 4. Briefs of daily weather requested are as follows: 1 JAN 48 LOW OVC TO BRKN DURING THR ENTIRE DAY CIG RANGE FROM 5 TO 30 HUNDRED FT VSBY VRBL 2 TO 15 MI. IN SHOWERS IN MORNING RANGING 15 TO 6 IN SNOW IN PM. 2 JAN 48 LOW OVC ENTIRE DAY WITH CIG VRBL FROM 600FT TO 1500 FT. VSBY VRBL 1 TO 4 MILES ENTIRE DAY WITH SNOW AND FOG. 3 JAN 48 LOW OVC BASES VRBL 600 FT TO 2000 FT TILL NOON THEN BECOMING @ 8-9/10 BASES 10000 FT 15000 FT. VSBY VRBL 3 TO 6 MI ENTIRE DAY WITH FOG AND SMOKE IN AM SMOKE IN PM. 4 JAN 43 D TO CLOUDS TILL 0630C THEN REMAINDER OF DAY. BASES 400 TO 2300 FTN VSBY 1 1/2 TO 6 MILES WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND SMOKE AND HAZE THE REMINDER.
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