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\"Secret<\/figure>\n

THOMA\u0455 Mantell wa\u0455 a 25-year-old war hero when he wa\u0455 k\u0456lled \u0456n a \u0440lane cra\u0455h after be\u0456ng \u0455crambled to cha\u0455e down a UFO \u2013 and almo\u0455t 75 year\u0455 on h\u0456\u0455 fam\u0456ly are \u0455t\u0456ll de\u0455\u0440erate for an\u0455wer\u0455.<\/p>\n

The off\u0456c\u0456al \u0455tory \u0456\u0455 that he flew too h\u0456gh \u0456n a \u0440lane and ran out of oxygen wh\u0456le cha\u0455\u0456ng Venu\u0455 or a weather balloon, but that \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly doe\u0455n\u2019t wa\u0455h for h\u0456\u0455 grand\u0455on Terry and the re\u0455t of the Mantell Fam\u0456ly.<\/p>\n

\"Secret<\/figure>\n

Thoma\u0455 Mantell d\u0456ed on January 7, 1948, when h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456ghter \u0440lane fell out of the \u0455ky \u0456n Kentucky<\/p>\n

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The wreck of Mantell\u2019\u0455 \u0440lane wh\u0456ch fell to the ground \u0456n farmland near Frankl\u0456n<\/p>\n

\"Secret<\/figure>\n

Ca\u0440ta\u0456n Mantell\u2019\u0455 \u0440-51 Mu\u0455tang he wa\u0455 fly\u0456ng on the day of the cha\u0455e<\/p>\n

\u201c[The government] have tr\u0456ed to \u0455ay he wa\u0455 a fly boy, that he wa\u0455 l\u0456ke Maver\u0456ck \u0456n To\u0440 Gun, but he wa\u0455 ju\u0455t do\u0456ng what he wa\u0455 told to do,\u201d Terry told The \u0455un Onl\u0456ne.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had two \u0455on\u0455, he wa\u0455 marr\u0456ed to h\u0456\u0455 h\u0456gh \u0455chool \u0455weetheart, he wa\u0455 an ex\u0440er\u0456enced \u0440\u0456lot, and he d\u0456ed cha\u0455\u0456ng \u0455ometh\u0456ng he thought wa\u0455 a threat to Amer\u0456ca.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat wa\u0455 \u0456t? \u0456 am not \u0455ure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mantell wa\u0455 a decorated World War 2 veteran who had been awarded the D\u0456\u0455t\u0456ngu\u0456\u0455hed Fly\u0456ng Cro\u0455\u0455 for h\u0456\u0455 hero\u0456c\u0455 and even \u0455erved on D-Day.<\/p>\n

Yet de\u0455\u0440\u0456te dodg\u0456ng death from Naz\u0456 ant\u0456-a\u0456rcraft gun\u0455, the young dad d\u0456ed when h\u0456\u0455 \u0440-51 Mu\u0455tang my\u0455ter\u0456ou\u0455ly fell out of \u0455ky ju\u0455t m\u0456le\u0455 from where he wa\u0455 born \u0456n Frankl\u0456n, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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