thomas mantell - The Black Vault https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive Discover the Truth Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:23:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-siteicon-2-150x150.jpg thomas mantell - The Black Vault https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive 32 32 87123917 Death While Chasing a UFO: 1965 USAF Letter Explaining Incident to Senator Robert F. Kennedy https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/death-while-chasing-a-ufo-1965-usaf-letter-explaining-incident-to-senator-robert-f-kennedy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=death-while-chasing-a-ufo-1965-usaf-letter-explaining-incident-to-senator-robert-f-kennedy Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:23:15 +0000 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/?p=15784 The follow document was obtained by The Black Vault while at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. It was obtained circa 2005, while I was producing UFOs and the White House for The History Channel. The records were obtained in person at the library. The first page of the .pdf file below, is the constituent [...]

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]]> The follow document was obtained by The Black Vault while at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

It was obtained circa 2005, while I was producing UFOs and the White House for The History Channel. The records were obtained in person at the library.

The first page of the .pdf file below, is the constituent that first wrote Senator Robert F. Kennedy regarding his concerns about UFOs. In response, a Colonel from the USAF responding, and outlined two notable incidents, one of which, was the Thomas Mantell case where the pilot chasing a UFO was killed. It was blamed on oxygen starvation due to lack of equipment, but many have felt that was a cover story and not how the event went down.

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Death While Chasing a UFO: 1965 USAF Letter Explaining Incident to Senator Robert F. Kennedy [2 Pages, 0.5MB]

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]]> 15784 Project Blue Book: The Thomas Mantell Case — 7 January 1948 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/project-blue-book-the-thomas-mantell-case-7-january-1948/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=project-blue-book-the-thomas-mantell-case-7-january-1948 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:22:30 +0000 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/?p=15788 On January 7, 1948, 25-year-old Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died in the crash of his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, Kentucky, United States, after being sent in pursuit of an unidentified flying object (UFO). The event was among the most publicized early UFO incidents. The case was documented [...]

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]]> On January 7, 1948, 25-year-old Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died in the crash of his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, Kentucky, United States, after being sent in pursuit of an unidentified flying object (UFO). The event was among the most publicized early UFO incidents.

The case was documented heavily within the Project Blue Book files. That case file is below, along with the extensive array of photographs at the crash site.

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Project Blue Book: The Thomas Mantell Case — 7 January 1948 [92 Pages, 15MB]

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