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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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1. Date 7 Jan 48
2. Time After 1407
3. Location Godman F1d
4. Name of observer Capt Cary W. Carter
5. Occupation of observer Operations Officer
6. Address of observer Godman T1d., Ky
7. Placo of observation Control Tower
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer B/S
10. Time in sight 3 to 4 minutes
11. Altitude Very high
12. Speed Approx 360 MPH - f/Flight Leader's reports
13. Direction of flight $ 2 1 0^{\circ} f / \mathrm {G o d n a n F 1 d} $
14. Tactics None
15. Sound N/S
16. Size Could not be determined
17. Color white
18. Shapo Round - at times cone shaped
19. Odor detected N/3
20. Apparent construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails N/S
22. Woathor conditions High scattered -
23. Effect on clouds Could be seen thru cirrus
24. Skotches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Remarks: (over)
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