Lex18.com - 11/11/13
The crash Stone witnessed would forever changed the country's perception of UFO's. There's not much that remains of the crash from 1948, but there is this one artifact - it's a piece of Mantell's plane, and it shows wear and tear not just of age, but the crash itself, it's dented and scarred with burn marks on both sides. And it remains one of the last links to this great mystery from the 40's about what exactly happened to Mantell that day.
"Here was the very first individual to be a casualty of a UFO incident," said National Guard Historian John Trowbridge.
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