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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 After 1407
3. Location Godman F1d
4. Name of observer Capt Cary W. Carter
5. Occupation of observer Operations Officer
6. Address of observer Godman T1d., Ky
7. Placo of observation Control Tower
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer B/S
10. Time in sight 3 to 4 minutes
11. Altitude Very high
12. Speed Approx 360 MPH - f/Flight Leader's reports
13. Direction of flight $ 2 1 0^{\circ} f / \mathrm {G o d n a n F 1 d} $
14. Tactics None
15. Sound N/S
16. Size Could not be determined
17. Color white
18. Shapo Round - at times cone shaped
19. Odor detected N/3
20. Apparent construction N/S
21. Exhaust trails N/S
22. Woathor conditions High scattered -
23. Effect on clouds Could be seen thru cirrus
24. Skotches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance N/S
26. Remarks: (over)
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