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Mantell UFO Incident: Kentucky Guard Pilot Dies Pursuing Unidentified Object on January 7, 1948
Explore the Mantell UFO incident, Captain Thomas Mantell’s fatal 1948 pursuit, the hypoxia crash, and the Skyhook balloon explanation.
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WITNESSES & UNITS
Capt. Thomas F. MantellSENSORS & EVIDENCE
Pilot & ATC sighting report
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