Captain Mantell's Fatal UFO Pursuit Over Kentucky
On January 7, 1948, the Kentucky State Highway Patrol received multiple civilian reports of a large circular object moving westward across Kentucky.
Narration
Over Kentucky's winter fields, a massive circular disc-shaped craft hung impossibly still.
Godman Army Airfield tower personnel tracked reports flooding in across Kentucky.
Captain Thomas F. Mantell radioed back: the object appeared metallic and of tremendous size.
Above 20,000 feet the circular disc-shaped craft ascended effortlessly as Mantell's Mustang strained alone.
Project Sign investigators filed classified reports; the Skyhook balloon hypothesis stayed sealed for years.
The circular disc-shaped craft climbed beyond reach, beyond explanation, into a Kentucky sky with no answers.