The Mantell UFO Incident of 1948 is a tragic and mysterious chapter in UFO history, marked by the death of Captain Thomas Mantell during a high-speed pursuit of an unidentified object over Kentucky. This event, involving a decorated World War II pilot and a strange metallic craft, continues to fuel debate and speculation, leaving questions…
The Chiles-Whitted UFO Incident occurred on July 24, 1948, when two commercial airline pilots, Captain Clarence S. Chiles and co-pilot John B. Whitted, reported a close encounter with an unidentified flying object during a flight from Houston to Atlanta. The pilots described seeing a cigar-shaped craft with no visible wings or tail, emitting a bright…
On October 1, 1948, George F. Gorman, a World War II veteran and pilot in the North Dakota Air National Guard, found himself in an unprecedented situation. While flying a routine training mission in his P-51 Mustang, Gorman encountered a strange, highly maneuverable object that led to an aerial pursuit. The encounter, which lasted for…