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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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Incidont # 33 1. Date 7 Jan 48 2. Time Between 1345 and 1350 3. Location Godman Fld, Fort Knox, Ky 4. Name of observer T/Sgt Quinton A. Blackwell 5. Occupation of observer Chf Operator in Control Tower at Godman Fld, Ky. 6. Address of observer USAF, Airways & Air Communications Svc, ATC Detachment 733-5 AF Base Unit (103D AACS Sq) Godman Fld., Ft Knox, Ky. 7. Place of observation Tower, Codman Fld. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/3 11. Altitude Over 15,000 ft 12. Spcod In excess of P-51 13. Direction of flight South 14. Tactics N/S continued climbing 15. Sound Not Stated 16. Size Tremendous 17. Color Silvery or metallic 18. Shape N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S - seemed metallic 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/3 24. Skotches or photographs None UNCLASSIFIED 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: (over)
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