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This 92-page Project Blue Book file, released through The Black Vault, covers the 7 January 1948 sighting at Godman Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky. It holds control tower witness reports, a record of the P-51 pursuit led by Captain Thomas Mantell, AMC requests for theodolite readings and weather data, and astronomical tables for Venus and the Moon. One analysis concludes the object was not Venus and calls the sighting unexplained. The file also includes a 1964 letter to the Simpson County coroner about Mantell's death.
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262358Z SECURITY CLASSIFICATION FROM: (Originator) CG AIR MATERIEL COMMAND STRICTED ACTION TO: HQ GODMAN AIR FORCE BASE ACTION PRIORITY RE IS MADE TO INCIDENT OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECT OCCURRING NEAR YOUR BASE SEVEN JAN FOUR EIGHT PD OUR RECORDS INDICATE FREQUENT THEODOLITE READINGS WERE MADE OF OBJECT HOWEVER ONLY THREE READINGS ARE ON FILE HERE PD REQUEST YOU FORWARD BY TT COMPLETE READINGS AND RESUME OF QUALIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL WHO MADE READINGS PD REQUEST FURTHER BRIEF'S OF DAILY WEATHER AT GODMAN FOR ONE JANE TO ONE FIVE JAN FOUR EIGHT CMA GIVING PARTICULARLY PERCENTAGE OF CLOUD COVERAGE AND SUNSHINE AND TTSEQUENCES FOR ENTIRE DAY ON SEVEN JAN FOUR EIGHT PD WEATHER INFO MAY BE FORWARDED BY LETTER AT THREE SEVEN SEVEN RECEIVED IN RESTRICTED CODE. NO COPY WILL BE MADE UNLESS SAFEGUARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AR 380-5. THIS MESSAGE REQUIRES NO PARAPHRASE. RECEIVED AT THE SIGNAL OFFICE: TIME: 0750 INT: WA LOCAL SERIAL NUMBER: 15 OFFICIAL: /s/ Francis R. Segna FRANCIS R SEGNA CAPT SIG CORPS POST SIGNAL OFFICER
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