Mantell F-51 Mustang Pursuit, Massive Metallic Object, Kentucky Skies, January 7, 1948
On January 7, 1948, Kentucky State Police received multiple civilian reports of a large circular aerial object moving westward across the state.
Narration
Over Kentucky farmland, a massive circular disc-shaped craft drifted westward, unlike anything known.
Godman Army Air Field tower personnel crowded windows, tracking the unidentified object through binoculars.
Captain Mantell radioed he was climbing to 20,000 feet, pursuing the disc-shaped craft alone.
Directly ahead and slightly above — ONE massive disc-shaped craft, metallic, of tremendous size.
Air Force and Navy intelligence confirmed the object was metallic and of tremendous size.
ONE massive disc-shaped craft climbed silently beyond 20,000 feet, leaving only questions below.