So what does General Doolittle have to do with this event?
Quite simply, it is said that Doolittle was sent by the U.S.
Government to examine the crashed flying disc. Although I
don't know the source, on one occasion, General Doolittle is
also alleged to have said:

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"Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as
1939."

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Another important American military figure who publicly
spoke about the UFO phenomenon was United States Navy Rear
Admiral Delmer S. Fahrney. In addition to serving as the
head of the Navy's guided missile program, Fahrney was also
one of the original members of the Board of Directors for
NICAP. In an article published in the New York Times on
January 16, 1957, Fahrney shared his views concerning the
unearthly speed and maneuverability of UFO's. He stated in
part:

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". . . no aircraft, neither in the United States, either in
the Soviet Union, is currently able to achieve the speed
attributed to these objects from the radars and from the
observatories. These objects appear to be driven by an
intelligence the way in which they fly. According to reports
from scientists and technical personnel, these objects fly
in formation and finish maneuvers that seem to point out
that [they] are not completely driven from an automatic
equipment. These objects are in incontestable mode the
result of long investigations and highly technological and
exceptional knowledge."

"No agency in this country or Russia is able to duplicate at
this time the speeds and accelerations which radars and
observers indicate these flying objects are able to
achieve."

". . . there are objects coming into our atmosphere at very
high speeds."

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Another highly credible statement comes from Air Force Major
Robert White. On July 17, 1962, as White conducted a test of
the X-15, a high-speed research aircraft which deployed from
Edwards Air Force Base, he had an amazing encounter with a
UFO. At an altitude of fifty-eight miles, he exclaimed over
his radio "There ARE things out there! There absolutely is!".
Later, when questioned about his experience, White added, "I
have no idea what it could be. It was grayish in color and
about thirty to forty feet away."

One enigmatic, and highly controversial, incident which has
stood out over the last six decades, occurred on January 7,
1948, and involved Kentucky Air National Guard fighter pilot
Captain Thomas F. Mantell. On that particular afternoon, an
unusual object was spotted not far from the Godman Army Air
Field, located near Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. The object was
observed by literally dozens of people in the surrounding
region, both civilian and military alike, as it followed a
southerly course. Absolutely no one was able to identify the
slow-moving object; not even the base commander, Colonel Guy
F. Hix, who later said "It was very white and looked like an
umbrella . . . I thought it was a celestial body but I can't
account for the fact it didn't move . . . I just don't know
what it was".

According to a statement by T Sgt. Quinton Blackwell, who was
the Chief Operator in the Godman Control Tower at that time,
military and state police had informed him that the UFO was
"a large circular object from 250 to 300 ft in diameter". In
another signed statement, Captain Gary W. Carter, who was the
Operations Operator, described the object as being "round and
white (whiter than the clouds that passed in front of it) and
could be seen through cirrus clouds". In yet another signed
testimony, Lt. Paul I. Orner, who was likewise in the Control
Tower, stated that he "saw a small white object in the south-
west sky. This object appeared stationary. I was unable to
tell if it was an object radiating its own light or giving
off reflected light. Through binoculars it partially appeared
as a parachute does with bright sun shining on the top of the
silk, but there also seemed to be some red light around the
lower [part] of it."

At the time that this event occurred, Capt. Thomas F. Mantell
was leading four F-51 Mustang fighter jets from Marietta Air
Base, (located in Marietta, Georgia), to Standiford Field at
Louisville, Kentucky. They were flying at a standard ferrying
altitude. As they approached the Godman Army Air Field, they
were contacted by its control tower, and a request was made
to investigate the unusual object, and Mantell and his crew
obliged.

While three pilots were eventually forced to discontinue the
pursuit after about half an hour somewhere between 15,000
and 22,000 feet, Mantell was determined to get a closer look
at the strange object; even though he didn't have an oxygen
mask on board, which, according to military regulations, he
was required to use after passing the 14,000 feet elevation
mark.

According to newspaper reports published at that time, and
in later years, as well as information later released by the
military, Mantell made these comments as he chased after the
luminous object. The exact words of his radio communications
are debatable, being as, according to the military, no actual
record was kept of Mantell's transmissions, and at times, his
transmissions were garbled:

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"The object is directly ahead of and above me now and appears
to be moving at about half my speed or faster . . . It seems
made out of metal and terribly large . . . it makes me think
of the reflection of the sun on the transparent canopy of an
airplane . . . it is shining and going up above me . . . I'm
trying to close in for a better look. It looks metallic and
of tremendous size. It's getting up now as fast as I am;
that's 350 miles an hour. I'm going up after it. At 20,000
feet if I'm no closer, I'll abandon chase."

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The previous radio transmissions were the last time that the
control tower at Godman Army Air Field heard from Mantell.
When last seen alive, Captain Mantell was still climbing in
his jet, in pursuit of the UFO. Approximately five minutes
later, at about 3:15 PM, all radio communications ceased,
and visual contact with Capt. Mantell was also lost. Almost
two hours later, the wreckage of Mantell's fighter jet was
located, scattered over a half mile area, on a farm located
near Franklin, Kentucky. Mantell's body was still inside the
cockpit. Time of death was placed at 3:18 PM, based on the
time showing on his watch.

Without delving into all of the details concerning how the
military arrived at it final conclusions regarding the UFO
incident at Godman Army Air Field, let me just say, that in
typical military fashion, the accident report released by
the Army Air Forces appeared to be truthful in some regards,
but intentionally deceptive in others. For example, Captain
Mantell's death was attributed to his loss of consciousness
due to oxygen depletion, or anoxia, at approximately 25,000
feet in altitude. It is believed that his F-51 eventually
leveled off at about 30,000 feet, and then began a spiral
dive. It began to break up, and exploded, before it hit the
ground.

While these details seem quite reasonable, the part of the
report which dealt with the UFO, is what we should call into
question; particularly because of the way that the military
flip-flopped in its response. Let me remind you again that,
similar to the Roswell case, and other UFO incidents we have
been discussing, many of the witnesses to the Mantell event
were trained, professional individuals; in fact, military
personnel.

Having stated that, initially, military officials attempted
to sell the story to the general public that the object had
been the planet Venus. In fact, they tried this approach
several times. However, considering that the object had been
described as being metallic, 250 to 300 feet in diameter, and
increasing its speed to at least 350 miles per hour, it does
not seem likely that it was the planet Venus. For the very
same reasons, it could not have been a weather balloon. At
that time, a typical weather balloon's diameter was fifteen
to twenty feet, and trained military personnel would surely
know this. Furthermore, weather balloons don't move at 350
miles per hour. That is considerably faster that the most
ferocious hurricane force winds. As Major Donald E. Keyhoe
stated in his 1950 book, "The Flying Saucers Are Real":

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"The fast flight from Madisonville, the abrupt stop and
hour-long hovering at Godman Field, the quick bursts of speed
Mantell reported make it impossible. To fly the 90 miles from
Madisonville to Fort Knox in thirty minutes, a balloon would
require a wind of 180 m.p.h. After traveling at this
hurricane speed, it would them have had to come to a dead
stop above Godman Field. As the P-51's (sic) approached, it
would have had to speed up again to 180, then to more than
360 to keep ahead of Mantell."

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