The event was among the most publicized early UFO incidents, reports ufosightingshotspot.blogspot.com.
Later investigation by the United States Air Force’s Project Blue Book indicated that Mantell may have died chasing a Skyhook balloon, which in 1948 was a top-secret project that he would not have known about.
Mantell pursued the object in a steep climb and disregarded suggestions to level his altitude. At high altitude he blacked out from a lack of oxygen; his plane went into a downward spiral and crashed....<<<Read More>>>...
