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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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Incident #. 33 B 1. Date 7 Jan 48 2. Time Approx 1320 CST 3. Location Godman Fld., Yt Knox, Ky. 4. Name of observer PPC Stanley Oliver 5. Occupation of observer N/S - duty in control tower 6. Address of observer Godman Yld., St Knox, Ky. 7. Place of observation Control Tower, Godman Fld., Tt Knox, Ky. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer M/3 10. Timo in sight N/3 11. Altitude Over 15,000 ft 12. Speod N/S 13. Direction of flight Southwest 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Sizo X/S 17. Color Object appeared like "ice-cream cone topped with red" apparently white with red above 18. Shapo cone 19. Odor detected X/S 20. Apparent construction X/S 21. Exhaust trails I/S 22. Weather conditions Cloud formations 23. Effect on clouds Went behind clouds 24. Sketches or photographs Zone 25. Manner of disappearance N/5 26. Remarks: (over)
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