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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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1. Date 7 Jan 48 2. Time 1445 3. Location Godman F1d, Ky 4. Name of observer Col Guy G. His 5. Occupation of observer Commanding Officer, Godman Fld 6. Address of observer Godmen Tld, Ky. 7. Place of observation Control.Tower, Godman Fld 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/3 10. Timo in sight 5 minutes 11. Altitude 25,000+ 12. Speed 180MPH 13. Direction of flight 215° South to the west 14. Tactics Remained stationery for approx 1-1/2 hours 15. Sound None 16. Size 1/4 size full moon 17. Color white 18. Shapo round 19. Odor detected 2/8 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails Sesmed at times to have a red border at the top and at the bottom 22. Weather conditions Clear 23. Effect on clouds None 24. Skotches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance Behind a cloud 26. Remarks: (over)
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