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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 AIR MATERIEL COMMAND IN REPLY ADDRESS BOTH COMMUNICATION AND ENVELOPE TO COMMANDING GENERAL, AIR MATERIEL COMMAND, ATTENTION FOLLOWING OFFICE SYMBOL: MCIA/JCB/amb Wright-Patterson Air Force Base WRIGHT PISLD DAYTON, OHIO SUBJECT: Project "SIGN" APR. 9 1948 ## TO: Commanding Officer 315th AFBU (Reserve Training) Codman Air Force Base, Kentucky 1. It is requested this office be informed of action taken in accordance with letter from this Command, dated 14 January 1948, copy of which is inclosed. 2. Further request status of investigation promised Mr. A. C. Loedding, Technical Assistant, Technical Intelligence Division by Captain James Duesler. FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: 1 Incl cy 1tr dtd 1/14/48 subj: Req for Rpt on Crashed P-51 NG Acrft for H. K. McCOY Colonel, USAF Chief of Intelligence DOWNGRADED AT 2 YEAR INTERVA DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
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