jan 7, 1948 - 1/7/1948 Godman AFB (KY) round sighting + crash (Grok rendering) Dolan: "At 1:20 PM., a large object was seen by the commanding officer and other... Personnel described it alternatively as a bright disc-shaped object, round, and cone-shaped... At 2:45 PM, [P-51 pilot] Mantell reported, 'I have the object in sight above and ahead of me... appears to be a metallic object, and it is of tremendous size"... [plane later crashed trying to catch it]"
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https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-National-Security-State-Chronology-ebook/dp/B0C94W38QY?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GA0HJz5rg1XI1vhQTilun3PP3ZJPcdqJIGvqPqjftiw.Jz6jNNopiAivpCNB-tW5t5AeYDzvdvjjWfXxpdnz9a0&dib_tag=se&keywords=UFOs+and+the+National+Security+State%3A+Chronology+of+a+Coverup%2C+1941-1973&qid=1734726610&s=books&sr=1-1Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 7, 1948
Now
~ 77 years ago