Covington, KentuckyJuly 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Covington, Kentucky in July 1957. The full case file (2 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 28.

Reported location

Covington, Kentucky

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

KY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 15 July 1957
2. LOCATION: Covington, Kentucky
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possible Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Unknown
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

5. GMT: Unknown
6. SOURCE: [checkbox] Civilian

6. PHOTOS: [checkboxes] Yes, No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: unknown
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One
9. COURSE: NNE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object described as "a ball of fire" w/big tail" too high & too slow for a/c.

11. COMMENTS: Possible a/c w/afterburner possible comet possible meteor. Insufficient data for evaluation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970505

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People

1/Lt Louis D Rosenberg Capt McClendon Major M. Connair, Jr.

Organizations

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Programs and code names

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