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	Mantell, Captain Thomas Francis Jr. (1922-1948)
		At 15,000 ft, Mantell radioed the control tower that the UFO was "metallic and tremendous in size" and "appears to be moving about half my speed." Just after 5:00 P.M., the wreckage of Mantell's plane was found, with the port wing, rear fuselage, and tail ripped off.
		The newly established Project Sign concluded that the UFO had been the planet Venus, which was in the right place to concur with the witnesses' reports from Godman.
		Mantell is the first flight casualty of the Kentucky Air National Guard.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/M/Mantell.html (464 words)

	Mantell Incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The so-called Mantell Incident is among the most publicised early UFO reports: the crash and death of 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, Captain Thomas F. Mantel, on January 7, 1948, while in pursuit of a UFO.
		Mantell described a "metallic object or possibly reflection of sun from a metallic object, and it is of tremendous size" above him, and reported its speed at about 180 miles per hour.
		Others noted that while Mantell was an experienced pilot, he was rather new to the F-51, and that this relative inexperience could have been a factor in the crash.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mantell_Incident (841 words)

	The Mantell Incident - Jerry Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Mantell pointed it out to them: "Look, there it is out there at 12 o'clock!" Clements told investigators, "I was able to discern a bright-appearing object, very small, and so far away that I was unable to identify it as to size, shape, color....
		Mantell replied that he wanted to follow it up to 25,000 feet for 10 minutes; then, if they got no closer to it, they would abandon the chase.
		Mantell did not respond to Clement's message telling him of their plans, and the last the right wingman saw of him and his aircraft, Mantell was "still climbing almost directly into the sun," Clements recalled.
	www.nicap.dabsol.co.uk /mantell2.htm (2503 words)

	Mantell Incident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Mantell Incident is among the most publicised early UFO reports: the crash of 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, Captain Thomas F. Mantel, on January 7, 1948.
		Mantel described a "metalic object or possibly reflection of sun from a metallic object, and it is of tremendous size" above him, and reported its speed at about 180 miles per hour.
		The Mantell Incident was reported by news outlets, and received signifigant mainstream attention.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mantell_incident (501 words)

	Mantell Incident - TinWiki.org
		The Mantell Incident was the first known casualty attributed to a Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) since the beginning of the modern UFO era.
		Mantell volunteered to go up and get a better look, and radioed the tower back stating the object was metallic and very large.
		Mantell continued to pursue the object and the two remaining pilots, 1st Lt. Albert Clements and 2nd Lt. B.A. Hammond joined him.
	www.tinwiki.org /wiki/Mantell_Incident (871 words)

	Mantell Pt 1
		The official conclusion was that Mantell had died in a tragic aircraft accident caused by his attempt to intercept the object later said to be Venus, a weather balloon, and then Venus and two weather balloons.
		Mantell replied that he was merely ferrying the aircraft but that he would attempt an intercept.
		Mantell did say that the object was "above me and appears to be moving about half my speed." Later he would report that it was "metallic and it is tremendous in size." With the UFO still above him, he reported he would continue to climb.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/ufoupdates/listers/mantell.html (3050 words)

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		Mantell was one of the first flyers to cross the Cherbourg Peninsula on D-Day.
		Mantell separated from the Air Force about a year before the incident we are studying here and since that time had been associated with the Kentucky Air National Guard.
		The object pursued by Captain Mantell is believed to have been the "sky hook" balloon and this was probably the object seen by other eye witnesses and described as pear shaped and metallic.
	www.rootsweb.com /~kyaths/mantel.txt (2059 words)

	The UnMuseum - The Mantell Incident
		The flight, led by Captain Mantell, was requested by the Godman tower to investigate the object.
		Mantell, apparently believing he was getting enough oxygen, kept going.
		As it raced toward the ground Mantell may have recovered his senses and tried to pull up, but it was too late.
	www.unmuseum.org /mantell.htm (776 words)

	Mantell
		Mantell’s plane was but a speck high up where it was flying level; it did 3 lazy circles, then went into a “power dive, slowly rotating.” It blew up half way to the ground.
		Mantell detached Hendricks and spiraled up to the right, crossed his path and roared across the whole state of Kentucky, crashing near Franklin, near the Tennessee border 100 miles from Godman.
		Mantell and he were, toward the end of their flight, approaching the object from the East, as they were heading straight west into the setting sun.
	www.bermuda-triangle.org /html/mantell.html (2910 words)

	ufo - UFOS at close sight: the Mantell case, pilot crashes chasing alleged UFO
		Mantell said he was then going to reach 20,000 feet and that he would abandon the pursuit if he still does not succeed in closing in on the object.
		Although Mantell was dead in the wreckage of his aircraft within 45 minutes of beginning his chase, Duesler was unaware of any further developments until 1:00 AM when he was awakened to return to the tower.
		Mantell radioed: "It appears to be a metallic object or possible reflections of sun from a metallic object, and it is of tremendous size.
	ufologie.net /htm/mantell48.htm (5114 words)

	Famous UFO Sightings: The Mantell Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		At 3.10 and at 23,000ft Mantell was the last plane still flying towards the UFO.
		Mantell's body was inside the cockpit still and his watch had stopped at 3.18pm.
		We will probably never know what Mantell was chasing, but he was too experienced a pilot to die chasing a balloon or the planet Venus.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0205/news/ufo_mantell.html (419 words)

	UFO Area: The Puzzling Death of Thomas Mantell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Captain Mantell was on a "ferry mission." Four F-51 Guard planes of the 165th Fighter Squadron of the Kentucky Air National Guard, led by Captain Thomas Mantell, were on the way from Georgia to Standiford Air Force Base, Kentucky.
		Mantell continued his pursuit climbing toward the observed object to 25,000 feet for next 10 minutes.
		Mantell's shattered body was found inside the cockpit and his watch had stopped at 3.18pm.
	www.ufoarea.com /events_thomas_mantell.html (2336 words)

	PROJECT 1947 - UFOS: GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT, SECRECY, AND DOCUMENTS
		The incident angered Decatur because he believed that the lights were a signal to the British by traitorous New Londoners and he demanded an investigation.
		Mantell continued the chase and as he attempted to climb to 20,000 feet, he reported seeing the object, describing it as "metallic" and of tremendous size.
		The official explanation for the crash was that Mantell had mistaken a balloon for a strange vehicle and in the heat of pursuit ignored the fact that without a plane equipped with oxygen he was flying too high.
	www.project1947.com /bg/ufogov.htm (8341 words)

	The Tony Dodd Zone - FLIGHT TO DESTRUCTION -
		He had nothing to gain by recounting his version of the Thomas Mantell incident, which highlights numerous flaws in the official report which contained an official statement issued by the Department Of Defence which they claimed was made by Captain Duesler at the time.
		Mantell was told of the object and requested to investigate.
		The last transmission received from Mantell was when he was at 15000 feet, at which time he said that he had the object in sight and was closing for a better look.
	www.crowdedskies.com /tony_dodd_thomas_mantell.htm (1614 words)

	Report on UFOs / Ruppelt Chapter 3 of 17
		Over a period of several weeks the file on the Mantell Incident grew in size until it was the most thoroughly investigated sighting of that time, at least the file was the thickest.
		Mantell's body had not burned, not disintegrated, and was not full of holes; the wreck was not radioactive, nor was it magnetized.
		Mantell chased the object for at least fifteen to twenty minutes, and it is inconceivable that he wouldn't realize in that length of time that he was chasing a reflection.
	www.ufocasebook.com /ruppeltbook03.html (7858 words)

	UFO conspiracy theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Roswell case quickly faded even from the attention of ufologists until the 1970s; there has been continued speculation that an alien spacecraft did indeed crash near Roswell despite the official denial.
		The 1948 death of Air Force pilot Thomas Mantell (the so-called Mantell Incident) many have contributed to a distrust of governmental UFO studies.
		Mantell's airplane crashed and he was killed following the pursuit of an aerial artifact he described as "a metallic object...
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UFO_conspiracy_theory (2675 words)

	The Thomas Mantell Incident (aircraft crashes after chasing UFO) - Godman Air Force Base, Kentucky, United States - ...
		The official Army Air Force verdict is that Mantell’s aircraft crashed after he fled out owing to lack of oxygen while attempting to fly too high an altitude in what was later described as a high altitude weather balloon.
		Captain Mantell acknowledged, but a short time later one of the pilots requested permission to brake away as he was running low on fuel, leaving the three remaining aircraft to head in the direction of the strange object.
		At 15,000 feet Mantell contacted the control tower and stated that he had the object in sight and was climbing to investigate.
	www.ufoevidence.org /cases/case482.htm (937 words)

	1948, The Death of Thomas Mantell, UFO Casebook Files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Mantell case will forever be an important part of the hotbed of UFO reports of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
		Mantell led the way in the climb to 15,000 feet, and upon reaching the position, he radioed the following statement back to the control tower.
		Mantell's watch stopped at 3:16 PM, and his body was still strapped in his plane, which become his coffin.
	www.ufocasebook.com /Mantell.html (1436 words)

	Thomas Mantell
		The Mantell Incident is among the most publicised early UFO reports was the crash of 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, Captain Thomas F. Mantel, on January 7, 1948.
		Mantel described a "metalic object or possibly reflection of sun from a metallic object, and it is of tremendous size" above him, and reported its speed at about 180 miles per hour.
		Mantell ignored suggestions that the pilots should level their altitude and try to more clearly see the object.
	www.unexplainable.net /artman/publish/article_858.shtml (612 words)

	Project SIGN: Charting a Conundrum - UFO Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Prior to Captain Mantell’s death on January 7, 1948, many residents of Mansville, Kentucky were observing a strange object over their city and citizens desiring an answer to what the object was they were seeing made several calls to the Kentucky State Highway Patrol.
		Incident Number 33 would be investigated outside the official Project SIGN office, but the analysis of the Mantell case would be done in-house and it would not be a good start for a project full of promise.
		The Kenneth Arnold, Captain Thomas F. Mantell, Jr., Clarence Chiles and John Whitted and Lt. George F. Gorman UFO incidents are undoubtedly the most recognized early cases in the history of unidentified flying objects.
	www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1424.htm (8610 words)

	The Gorman Incident
		He tried to avoid the object, but it followed his movements, and just when it seemed inevitable that the two would collide, the object shot straight vertically up and disappeared.
		The entire incident was confirmed by two air traffic controllers who watched the entire episode from the ground.
		However it has become public knowledge since then that at the time there was an official policy to debunk as many UFO cases as possible at all costs.
	beyondtopsecret.com /UfoGorman.html (397 words)

	Esoteric & Compassionate Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Mantell case was carried by newspapers the next day however the Air-force would release none of the photo's of the pilot or wreckage to the press for further investigation.
		Whilst the Mantell incident was isolated in that it involved the death of a pilot, everything else about the episode was being duplicated around the world by experienced radar operators, pilots and ground witnesses, both civilian and military.
		Approximately a week after the reported incident however, at the instruction of a General Ramey they were informed that it had all been an unfortunate mis-identification and that what had really been found was the remains of a weather balloon (reports of bodies were not mentioned at this time).
	www.users.bigpond.com /funkyc/Alien.html (16282 words)

	THE MAJESTIC12 PROGRAM PAPERS, 1952, IN PART (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		One such incident is the disappearance of a flight of five U.S. Navy TBM-3 Avenger torpedo bombers from NAS Fort Lauderdale on 5 December 1945.
		Mantell radioed Godman tower that he was at 22,000 feet and still climbing.
		It is believed by the Air Force investigators that Mantell's plane had been destroyed by an ionization phenomenon, possibly from the propulsion wash of the object's exhaust.
	www.abidemiracles.com /4321019.htm (4692 words)

	Sightings
		The flight leader, Captain Thomas F. Mantell; radioed back that he was closing in "to take a good look." A few minutes later Mantell reported that the object appeared to be metallic and very large.
		The official Air Force explanation was that Mantell had fled out from lack of oxygen and had died of suffocation before he crashed.
		The thing Mantell lost his life chasing is still unidentified, although it may have been a research balloon flying in the area at the time.
	library.thinkquest.org /5182/sightings.htm (1087 words)

	Mantell Pt 3
		Military records show that Mantell was a transport pilot during the war and therefore couldn't have shot down the five enemy aircraft necessary to become an ace.
		The pilot stated that Mantell pursued the UFO because he was the only pilot with an adequate oxygen mask.
		In a report that might not be related to the Mantell incident but that is mentioned in the Project Blue Book file on Mantell, and which took place on the same day and some three hours after Mantell had crashed, three witnesses at Lockbourne Air Base near Columbus, Ohio, watched an object seem to land.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/ufoupdates/listers/mantell3.html (3222 words)

	Mantell Dies Chasing UFO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Thomas F. Mantell Jr.was born in Franklin, Kentucky, 30 June 1922.
		An intense military investigation of the incident became part of Project SIGN, which later became Project BLUEBOOK, the military's investigations into UFOs.
		Much speculation and conjecture has been written about this incident, it is still uncertain what Mantell was pursuing at the time of the crash.
	www.military.state.ky.us /kyngemus/mantell.htm (321 words)

	Thomas F Mantell :: Obscurantist
		The so-called Mantell Incident is among the most publicised and infamous UFO reports of the early modern era.
		The official Air Force report was later changed, and the cause of Mantell’s crash remains officially listed as undetermined.
		Donald Keyhoe suggested that Air Force officials thought that Mantell may have been shot down by a UFO, but such reports were suppressed.
	obscurantist.com /oma/mantell-thomas (130 words)

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