Just six months, three days, and 1200 miles removed from the infamous UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, on January 7th, 1948, something tragic happened in the skies over Franklin County, Kentucky, that would change the face of UFOlogy forever. At 2:30 in the afternoon, After repeated and coinciding reports around the region of a massive, white, circular object overhead, Twenty five year old Kentucky air national guardsman, Thomas F. Mantell, was dispatched to observe the unknown craft and report back to Godman Army Airfield, at Fort Knox. Around 3:15, Captain Mantell’s P-15 Mustang would come crashing down, into the Franklin County bluegrass below, ending the pilot’s life. What happened over the course of less than an hour on that January day, early in 1948, would redefine the golden age of the flying saucer phenomena and introduce a terrifying element of danger into the mystery that had come before. Tonight, on our first episode of 2021, and in commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of the unexplained and tragic death of Captain Mantell, we examine the series of events that led up to the crash, as well as the possible cover-up that began even before Mantell’s P-51 hit the ground. So keep a check on your altimeters, Nightowls, tonight we’re flying high into unknown skies, with all that and more, on Midnight in Kentucky: The Tragic Tale of Captain Thomas F. Mantell! 

Audio support for this episode was provided by TruckStop Dave and features tracks:

‘AST9’
‘AST18’

Additional audio support provided by Co.Ag and features tracks:

‘Forever’

Shownotes:

Mysterious Kentucky 

https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Kentucky-Places-Whitechapel-Press/dp/1892523531

Mantell UFO Incident

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

Gorman Dogfight 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorman_dogfight

When a U.S. Fighter Pilot Got into a Dogfight with a UFO

https://www.history.com/news/ufo-dogfight-gorman-us-plane-fargo

The ‘Pentacle Memorandum’

https://www.cufon.org/cufon/pentacle.htm

Co.Ag 

https://youtu.be/TblP1MS9Z5w

Truckstop Dave 

https://www.jamendo.com/artist/349109/truckstopdave