Welcome to episode 17 - Kentucky First up in Weird News, James brings us a story about mans best friend receiving an honor he so justly deserves. Then in this week's main topic, Captain Thomas Mantell was called on to investigate a large unidentified object hovering over Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1948. What happened next is as tragic as it is cryptic. Did a UFO shoot down Captain Mantell? Or did he die as a result of misidentification of the planet Venus or a Skyhook Balloon? Tune in and find out!

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Tracking UFOs By Jenna Vale, Janet I. Stirling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantell_UFO_incident

https://www.ufocasebook.com/Mantell.html

Project Blue Book: The Top Secret UFO Files that Revealed a Government Cover-Up By Brad Steiger

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