Here is a typical case of finding an alternative explanation for everything. Sure, you can ascribe a second explanation to anything, but does that make it feasible? I think not. Let me insert here a couple of things that the author of the article failed to explain. Did Mantell lose consciousness for lack of oxygen, and then crash? Not according to Glen Mays, who lived near Franklin, Mantell's plane exploded in mid-air.
As to the object being a large Skyhook weather balloon, or the planet Venus, what about the testimony of Godman Base Commander Guy F. Hix, who stated to reporters that he observed the craft for almost an hour through binoculars. He would not have confused what he saw with the planet Venus. Richard T. Miller, who was in the Operations Room of Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Illinois, also made several statements regarding the crash. He was monitoring the radio talk between Mantell and Godman tower, and heard this statement very clearly.
"My God, I see people in this thing!" Now, would that be people in the balloon, or in the planet Venus? Come on people, just examine the evidence. I'll leave you with this statement.
Miller added that on the morning after the crash, at a briefing, investigators had stated that Mantell died "pursuing an intelligently controlled unidentified flying object." Now, we're on the right track.
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There is always someone who has to debunk things because of lack of evidence or their beliefs, in this case lack of both. Having read both articles, it looks obviuos that the writer wrote only what he wanted, either not fully checking the story out or ignoring everything.
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At lesast one website pretty well debunks the Skyhook explanation. It’s surprising that Randle has flipflopped and accepted it.
I’m always amazed that people accept explainations that seasoned pilots mistake planets, stars, balloons and who knows what for UFO’s. They know what they see. Mantell saw something he thought was compelling enough to try and get a better look at. The balloon stories just get tiresome after awhile.
The speed Mantell estimates alone say’s it was not a baloon. I have a video of the statement in appx /96 by the US Air Force Investigator sent in to investigate the Mantell crash. He’s quite specific in his video statement that though Mantell did not have an oxygen bottle in the cockpit that fatal flight, he knew better than to exhaust his cabin air before descending to 10K.
Other reports suggest Mantell’s wreckage was torn apart by hitting a Ion trail-wake or was fired on leaving his plane frailed with thousands of pin-hole sized perforations. I also understand the wreckage became classified.
Scott
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