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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 Shortly after 1400 CST 3. Location Godmen Fld., Pt Knox, Ky. 4. Name of observer Lt Paul I. Ornor 5. Occupation of observer Detachment Commender 6. Address of observer Godmen, Fld., St Klox, Ky. 7. Place of observation Control Tower 8. Number of objects. 1 See Note attached. 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude B/S 12. Speed half speed of P-51 13. Diroction of flight N/S 14. Tactics Appeared stationary 15. Sound X/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color white 18. Shapo like parachute - round 19. Odor detected X/9 20. Apparent construction D/S 21. Exhaust trails Seemed to be some red light around the lower part of it. 22. Weather conditions High - scattered but clear 23. Effect on clouds Jone 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance 26. Remarks: (over)
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