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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.
“Headquarters”8 pages
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N.10.2.
AP. 170. ___
10. 20. 20. ___
--faster than F-51
1345-1400 cst
Incident #33
2019. ___circular
1. ___very large
180 $ ^{\circ} $
NO. THAT GOOD 1
11:00 27 Jan 48
2. (14)
C: VT5.2. Godman AFb, Ken.
5. SOU: Many ___.
DATE IN 20 APTC ___
PUBLIC SKETCHES
COL 10: bright white
A. TI: "JU" ___ high ___ !!! ___
20m, occary ATTIC from 3'9" (1 jan 52)
226777 ON THE OVER 1 $ _{1/2} $ hr.
TY OF CREATION aerial
TWO YEARS
REMARKS: Famous "Mantellcase"
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