World atlas of UFO's - Globale-Evolution TV
World atlas of UFO's - Globale-Evolution TV
World atlas of UFO's - Globale-Evolution TV
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DATABASE 1940s<br />
his body. None <strong>of</strong> these claims can<br />
be regarded as definitively<br />
substantiated and it is certainly the<br />
usual procedure for plane crash<br />
victims to be buried 'closed casket'<br />
due to their injuries.<br />
Whether Mantell was a victim <strong>of</strong><br />
his own excitement, or whether he<br />
was struck down by an alien force<br />
resisting his pursuit <strong>of</strong> their saucer<br />
can now never be proven. However,<br />
the light Mantell chased was, by any<br />
sensible definition, a UFO and<br />
therefore we can rightly regard<br />
Mantell's death as the first<br />
attributed to a UFO encounter.<br />
Above An artist's impression <strong>of</strong> Mantell's<br />
P-51 Mustang training plane climbing<br />
towards the UFO high over Godman Field<br />
in<br />
Kentucky. Other planes in the flight<br />
turned back at a lov^/er altitude but Mantell<br />
pressed on. Minutes later he was dead.<br />
Speculation with regard to what he was<br />
chasing continues to this day. Was it a<br />
weather balloon, a star, the planet Venus,<br />
or a craft from another world?<br />
Right Captain Thomas Mantell.<br />
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