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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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TDEW/Maj Quintanilla Mantell Case Dr Richard G Snyder, Ph D, AM-119 Federal Aviation Agency PO Box 1082 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73101 1. Reference your letter, 20 Jul 64, Mantell Case. All available information regarding the accident was forwarded to you on 10 Jul. No photos of the body, autopsy report or medical data were included with the accident report. 2. We have taken the liberty of forwarding your letter to the State Police and County Coroner's office at Franklin, Kentucky in hopes that they may be able to furnish you this data. Copies of our letters to them are attached. 3. A duplicate case file such as the one sent to you on 10 Jul 64 is attached. FOR THE COMMANDER ERIC T de JONCXHEZRE Colonel USAF Deputy for Technology and Subsystems 3 Atche 1. Ltr to Coroner, Simpson County 2. Ltr to State Police, Franklin, Ky 3. Duplicate Case File
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